The Drawing Room

Nomadland was a big winner at the Golden Globes this year, but before it was a movie it was a deeply researched book.

Jessica Bruder spent three years following a community of older Americans who took to the road, living in caravans and cars, when retirement wasn't an option.

After years of dismissive doctors and unhelpful misinformation, Bridget Hustwaite was finally diagnosed with endometriosis a few years ago.

That diagnosis was a bitter-sweet moment, and led Bridget to create an online community, Endogram, and to write her first book, How To Endo, which she has dedicated to her fifteen year-old self.

After years of dismissive doctors and unhelpful misinformation, Bridget Hustwaite was finally diagnosed with endometriosis a few years ago.

That diagnosis was a bitter-sweet moment, and led Bridget to create an online community, Endogram, and to write her first book, How To Endo, which she has dedicated to her fifteen year-old self.

"The story of war has always been a masculine story, but this was not true for Ethiopia and it has never been that way in any form of struggle."

The first novel by Maaza Mengiste took readers back to the 1970s and the revolution in Ethiopia. Her latest, The Shadow King, heads further into that country's history: to the Italian invasion in 1935.

Mengiste talks about the role of women in war, and why her great-grandmother sued for custody of her father's gun.

"The story of war has always been a masculine story, but this was not true for Ethiopia and it has never been that way in any form of struggle."

The first novel by Maaza Mengiste took readers back to the 1970s and the revolution in Ethiopia. Her latest, The Shadow King, heads further into that country's history: to the Italian invasion in 1935.

Mengiste talks about the role of women in war, and why her great-grandmother sued for custody of her father's gun.

Hari Sivanesan is a musician and composer.

Priya Srinivasan is a dancer, scholar, and writer.

And they have both performed at major events around the world.

In the Drawing Room they discuss their art, the festival that they've co-founded, and why Australia needs to embrace its own local talent.

Hari Sivanesan is a musician and composer.

Priya Srinivasan is a dancer, scholar, and writer.

And they have both performed at major events around the world.

In the Drawing Room they discuss their art, the festival that they've co-founded, and why Australia needs to embrace its own local talent.

The Glass Hotel, the latest novel by Emily St John Mandel, takes readers into a foreign country: one whose boundaries are defined by money.

Inspired by Bernie Madoff and the 2008 financial crisis, Mandel gives life to high financiers, trophy wives, and the people on the outskirts.

And in a story of ghosts and regrets, she shows how much of a life can be invisible, and what it means to see.

The Glass Hotel, the latest novel by Emily St John Mandel, takes readers into a foreign country: one whose boundaries are defined by money.

Inspired by Bernie Madoff and the 2008 financial crisis, Mandel gives life to high financiers, trophy wives, and the people on the outskirts.

And in a story of ghosts and regrets, she shows how much of a life can be invisible, and what it means to see.

The last century has seen huge steps forward for women's rights: at the ballot box; in the home; and in the workplace.

But has that progress been universal? And in whose image have those rights been shaped?

Koa Beck looks at the history of feminism and points to a more collective future.