Last in Australia to promote his Man Booker shortlisted novel, Narcopolis, Jeet Thayil returns as the Queensland poet-in-residence.

Joseph Conrad's classic novella Heart of Darkness tells the story of Marlow and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, an enigmatic and rogue ivory trader.

Pulitzer Prize winning poet Tracy K. Smith explores family, memory & identity in her new memoir Ordinary Light.

A lively panel discussion about the enduring appeal of Shakespeare's works, four centuries after his death.

International star of the violin, Ray Chen is back in Australia for a series of concerts.

We meet Carrillo Gantner, the grandson of famous philanthropist and founder of the Myer department stores, Sidney Myer.

Stella Prize winning novelist Emily Bitto shares the books that are on her top shelf

We journey beyond the Vinyl Frontier with ABC Sound Librarians James Lee and Michael Munson to listen to some eclectic records that feature the bagpipe!

A double bill of one-person shows by Maurial Spearim and Ian Michael delve into Australia's Aboriginal history and how traumatic events in the past continue to affect Aboriginal people today.

The ins and outs of sending your beloved manuscript to a publisher where it will join the slush pile and may never see the light of day again.