We're always celebrating the skill and achievement of writing, but Damon Young makes a plea for the art of reading.

In the first in our new series on Australian arts philanthropists, we meet Carrillo Gantner, the grandson of famous philanthropist and founder of the Myer department stores, Sidney Myer.

In the lead up to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Tiger Webb looks at five words the Bard invented that never really took off.

A new production at fortyfivedownstairs in Melbourne tackles the rarely seen Shakespeare comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor.

In the lead up to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Tiger Webb looks at five words the Bard invented that never really took off.

Frank is the eccentric child of a reclusive writer. Alice has to look after both of them. What could go wrong?

Lian Hearn is the pseudonym used by the much-loved children's author Gillian Rubinstein for her fantasy novels set in feudal Japan. For Top Shelf, she shares her top five cherished artworks.

A big book called Body of Art traces how the human form has been depicted, from the earliest times to the present day

Ronnie Scott joins us to review two Australian graphic novels: Swallows by Joshua Santospirito and The Diemenois by JW Clennett.

Josephine Rowe's debut novel tells the story of a family living in the shadow of their abusive father Jack, a Vietnam Veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.