The Drawing Room

Aunty Pat Ockwell is an senior Wurundjeri elder.

For decades she's been a tireless worker for Aboriginal rights and an important figure in organisations like Aboriginal Housing Victoria and the Koori Court.

In her new memoir, written with Pauline Mackinnon, Aunty Pat is telling her story: not just the remarkable work she's done, but the family, friends and elders that have been with her along the way.

Wendy Cooper has discovered new species and written books describing the fruit and the plants of Australia.

And she did most of it alongside her husband, William T. Cooper, who was one of the greatest scientific painters of nature in the world.

In her new book, The Botanical Art of William T. Cooper, Wendy has collected Bill's botanical sketches and paintings, alongside her own stories of their time together.

Echolalia, the new novel by Briohny Doyle, is the story of a family gone wrong and one unthinkable act.

From the outside, Emma has a perfect life, so why does she wake paralysed with fear from nightmares and why does she feel threatened by her new baby?

In the Drawing Room, Doyle discusses class, climate change, and taboo topics in writing.

Writing songs in a sitting and playing to empty concert halls, that's how life has gone for Cash Savage.

How do you pivot to digital when you've never touched a mobile phone? And how do you hold power to account when you're considered untouchable?

Khabar Lahariya is the only paper in India founded by Dalit women, and remains the only outlet staffed and run entirely by women.

Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas introduce audiences to the women behind the paper in their new documentary, Writing With Fire.

Based on the novel by Patricia Grace and only the third feature film to be written and directed by Maori women, Cousins is a deeply felt and wonderfully told film, tracing the lives of three women across the decades.

In the Drawing Room, the creative team of Briar Grace-Smith and Ainsley Gardiner talk about their own path to this story, the characters at the heart of the film, and their collaborative approach to directing.

Four years ago, Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion took readers on a walk along the Camino de Santiago as their characters, Zoe and Martin, rediscovered themselves and fell in love.

But sometimes life gets in the way and love falls by the wayside.

Now, years later, a friend asks for advice on her own pilgrimage and Martin and Zoe have a chance to meet up again on the trail.

Why are emperor penguins one of the coolest dads? And what changes with fatherhood when a species is polyandrous?

Erna Walraven is the Emeritus Senior Curator at Taronga Zoo and in her new book, Wild Fathers, she looks at the way animals of all different stripes approach finding a mate and raising a child.

As Bob Evans, and as part of Jebediah, Kevin Mitchell has created his fair share of beloved songs, but he's got plenty more up his sleeve.

With the release of his sixth album as Bob Evans, Tomorrowland, Mitchell talks about embracing middle-age, expressing his opinions, and the silver linings he found when the music industry paused during lockdown.

Behind the walls of Sydney's glitziest houses is a web of secrets and strained relationships.

And when a sixteen million-dollar necklace is stolen during an extravagant birthday party, the secrets begin to unravel.

Michelle Vergara Moore and Toby Leonard Moore talk about their new show, The Unusual Suspects, and performing together as a married couple.