Australian author Heather Rose has won the Stella Prize for Australian women's writing for her novel The Museum of Modern Love.

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The Lighthouse Girl tells the story of Fay Howe, the teenager who sent messages from Australian troops back to their loved ones, as they left King George Sound for the battlefields of World War One.

Fantasy and science fiction author Jay Kristoff shares his love of the classic Tolkien book, The Hobbit.

Argentine literary star Samanta Schweblin discusses her surreal and unsettling novel Fever Dream.

Comedians Zoe Coombs Marr and Mel Buttle talk jokes, gender, and why older audiences might be their favourites.

An event scheduled for Tasmania's Dark Mofo festival by Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch is creating a stir.

ABC Sound Librarians James Lee and Michael Munson take us beyond the Vinyl Frontier to listen to the very best records that feature drumming.