The Book Show

"Food and fighting", the key to the success of The Magic Pudding, 100 years on.

Celebrating 100 years of The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay with his granddaughter Helen Glad and children's book illustrator Julie Vivas, a visit to Australian author Robert Drewe's home in Fremantle, WA and meet US author Veronica Roth whose YA Divergent series was a bestseller.

Celebrating 100 years of The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay with his granddaughter Helen Glad and children's book illustrator Julie Vivas, a visit to Australian author Robert Drewe's home in Fremantle, WA and meet US author Veronica Roth whose YA Divergent series was a bestseller.

The British author Matt Haig found his way to writing after experiencing a crippling mental breakdown. This conversation with him is funny and sad, frightening and empowering.

What is the role of a writers' festival? Should it be about books, or ideas? And what ideas should be allowed in to the room?

The Godfather of Australian crime, Peter Corris, has died. Australian crime writer Michael Robotham discusses his legacy.

The legacy of Australian godfather of crime, Peter Corris, who's died at 76, the the role of writers' festivals in Australia and bestselling British author Matt Haig on how writing saved his life, from the Bendigo Writers' Festival.

The legacy of Australian godfather of crime, Peter Corris, who's died at 76, the the role of writers' festivals in Australia and bestselling British author Matt Haig on how writing saved his life, from the Bendigo Writers' Festival.

A double dose of the windy moors in our Comedians v Classics series with Australian comedians Louisa Fitzhardinge and Kirsty Webeck taking on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

A double dose of the windy moors as Australian comedians Louisa Fitzhardinge and Kirsty Webeck take on Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.