A monthly segment where we explore language, grammar and everyday phrases. In this instalment, Tiger Webb gets 'fair dinkum' about the caramel slice.

In a small town, in the middle of Ireland, a miracle is unfolding.

Skylarking is the debut novel of Australian author Kate Mildenhall. Set in 1880s at a small lighthouse community, it focuses on the deep friendship between two girls who grew up at the lighthouse before a tragedy occurs.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith shares the poetry, books, movies, and music that are important to her.

The small NSW town of Carinda was thrust on to the global stage as the backdrop for David Bowie's Let's Dance video. More than 30 years later, the town will celebrate the artist with a two day festival.

The latest work from the Australian Dance Theatre deals with some rather heavy themes: objectification, dehumanisation and subjugation.

A double bill of one-person shows by Maurial Spearim and Ian Michael delve into Australia's Aboriginal history and how traumatic events in the past continue to affect Aboriginal people today.

The ins and outs of sending your beloved manuscript to a publisher where it will join the slush pile and may never see the light of day again.

The Phoenix Years is Madeleine O'Dea's book about art, resistance and the making of modern China.

Flemish author Stefan Hertmans shares his favourite works of art.