We journey beyond the Vinyl Frontier with ABC Sound Librarians James Lee and Michael Munson to listen to the most hilarious records that feature laughing!

A history of female detectives, real and imagined.

Mean streets, grimy gutters, corrupt cops and a sparkling harbour. Where are we?

A new book looks at the story behind one of Australia's most important novels Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock

A collection of stories, They Cannot Take The Sky: Stories From Detention began as an oral history project aiming to give voice to those who have sought asylum in Australia. Now an exhibition and a book, it gives a rare insight into the lives of people who have experienced our asylum seeker detention policies first-hand.

The classic novel Lord of the Flies has been adapted to the stage as a dance performance by celebrated UK choreographer Matthew Bourne.

What will theatre director Kate Cherry bring to the National Institute of Dramatic Art, as CEO and artistic director?

When well-known writers behave badly, does it matter? What if their bad behaviour is celebrated as Bohemian and part of their mythology? The case of Henry Lawson.

Bill Hayes talks tenderly about his relationship with neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks.

Rob Broderick and Sam Wilson are Abandoman, an Irish freestyle rap musical comedy duo, coming to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.