Stories of displacement, nostalgia, and exploding zombies with Aleksandar Hemon.

A special live program broadcast from the Sydney Writers' Festival. Three authors from three continents, including Australia, join Michael Cathcart to discuss the pleasures and challenges of writing and reading in a globalised world.

Julian Barnes discusses his new novel The Noise of Time, which explores the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the terrible compromises he made under Stalin's rule.

British poet, hip hop artist and novelist Kate Tempest's tour de force performance at the opening night of this year's Sydney Writers Festival.

Many arts organisations across the globe are feeling the squeeze as their public subsidies are cut. Can millionaire benefactors step in to fill the gap? We take a tour of the sculpture park Jupiter Artland.

In the second in our new series on Australian arts philanthropists, we meet Tim Fairfax AC, a grazier who has become one of our most generous arts benefactors.

Being privileged isn't always easy. This is what Young Jean Lee explores in her play Straight White Men.

American writer Helen Ellis shares five items she cherishes: most of which can be found in the kitchen or the laundry.

James Lee and Michael Munson delve into the ABC Sound Library in search of the very best records that deal with death.

The work of Filipino artist Pio Abad is on show for the first time in Australia. His art explores the legacies of colonialism and political corruption in his country of birth.