Monsieur Mayonnaise is a documentary about filmmaker Philippe Mora as he’s making a comic book about his parents experience during German occupied France.

Musician Hugo Race has written a memoir, Road Series, that's been described as a vagabond road poem.

Have you heard of the Gutting Girls, itinerant workers who followed the herring catch in northern Scotland for centuries? Perth writer Amanda Curtin has written the life of one of these girls, from the Orkneys to Australia.

Irish writer Colum McCann shares his favourite works of art for Top Shelf, including the great classic Ulysses by James Joyce.

James Lee and Michael Munson delve into the ABC Sound Library in search of the best tunes released on the humble and somewhat forgotten format – the 10-inch LP.

Author Simon Winchester takes us on a thrilling journey through the recent past, an uncertain present and the future of the Pacific Ocean.

Robert Forster, together with Grant McLennan, formed one of Australia's most influential bands, the Go-Betweens, and he's written a memoir called Grant and I.

As the son of Surrealist artist Roland Penrose and American photographer Lee Miller, Antony Penrose grew up in a house surrounded by his parent's artist friends - including Picasso! He dedicates his life to sharing their art with the world.

In 2013 a news story of artist Casey Jenkins knitting wool that she had inserted into her vagina went viral. Now, she's knitting a response to the online abuse she received for her work, much of it from other women.

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