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

Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott turned his first novel writing attempts which he calls boring, into a strange and wonderful experience in his novel Flames.

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

Singer and grammar enthusiast Louisa Fitzhardinge performs an anthem for word nerds.

A look at book news from Australia and around the world.

Have you ever wondered why you like to read books with a twist, or why you're a rereader or even why you flick to the back of a novel to find out what happens? Cognitive scientist Vera Tobin has found some answers.

The rumoured love story between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok is given a fictional treatment in Amy Bloom's new book White Houses.

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.

New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo explains how her first job, as a newspaper reporter in Uganda, inspired her to tell more stories about Africa.