Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Christopher de Hamel introduces some remarkable manuscripts, comedian Emily Tresidder gives a breakdown of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and US librarian Annie Spence on her break up and love letters to books.

Man Booker winner Arundhati Roy on The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Christopher de Hamel introduces some remarkable manuscripts, comedian Emily Tresidder gives a breakdown of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and US librarian Annie Spence on her break up and love letters to books.

How an exploration of grief led Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott to create a strange novel featuring a chorus of voices, including a water rat.

How an exploration of grief led Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott to create a strange novel featuring a chorus of voices, including a water rat.

How an exploration of grief led Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott to create a strange novel featuring a chorus of voices, including a water rat.

US author Amy Bloom on her latest novel White Houses. Plus US cognitive scientist Vera Tobin on the science of plot and why we like surprises in fiction, book news, and Louisa Fitzhardinge performs a song from her Melbourne Cabaret Festival show Comma Sutra.

US author Amy Bloom on her latest novel White Houses. Plus US cognitive scientist Vera Tobin on the science of plot and why we like surprises in fiction, book news, and Louisa Fitzhardinge performs a song from her Melbourne Cabaret Festival show Comma Sutra.

US author Amy Bloom on her latest novel White Houses. Plus US cognitive scientist Vera Tobin on the science of plot and why we like surprises in fiction, book news, and Louisa Fitzhardinge performs a song from her Melbourne Cabaret Festival show Comma Sutra.

Fantasy author Raymond E Feist returns with the beginning of a new saga King of Ashes, sisters Rozanna and Kate Lilley discuss the legacy of their mother Dorothy Hewett's bohemian lifestyle, we eavesdrop on the final green room session with Australian author Nick Earls who talks to Toni Jordan and US author Alexis Okewow on how she became a writer.

Fantasy author Raymond E Feist returns with the beginning of a new saga King of Ashes, sisters Rozanna and Kate Lilley discuss the legacy of their mother Dorothy Hewett's bohemian lifestyle, we eavesdrop on the final green room session with Australian author Nick Earls who talks to Toni Jordan and US author Alexis Okewow on how she became a writer.