Experience ANU

Multi-award-winning international playwright, Suzie Miller, in conversation with Alex Sloan on her new book Inter Alia, in which Jessica Parks, an eminent Crown Court Judge, is forced to reckon her professional life and role as wife, mother, friend, and feminist when a devastating crisis hits home.

Joshua Black in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell, which provides an eye-opening account of how Australian politicians have become experts at fashioning and refashioning stories about themselves, their lives, personal ambitions and political entanglements.

Multi-award-winning international playwright, Suzie Miller, is in conversation with Alex Sloan on her new book Inter Alia, in which Jessica Parks, an eminent Crown Court Judge, is forced to reckon her professional life and role as wife, mother, friend, and feminist when a devastating crisis hits home.

Kate Grenville is in conversation with Karen Viggers on Kate’s new book The Country Schoolmaster : A Mystery in 88 Letters.

Shaun Micallef is in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on Shaun's new book Matthew Flinders, a wildly funny and meticulously researched re-examination of the life of explorer Matthew Flinders.

Mark Cully is in conversation with Alan Gamlen on Mark's new book Waves of Plenty: Immigration and the Making of Australia, the definitive story of how immigration made Australia.

Tom Griffiths is in conversation with Mark McKenna on his new book Alice's dreaming. An astonishing work of history about a girl and the Indigenous world she encountered.

James Curran is in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book Grand Ambition . Paul Keating's Global Vision for Australia.

John Bell in conversation with Kate Flaherty on his new book Living Shakespeare, in which he draws on his lifetime of personal and professional experience, speaking to Shakespeare's most absorbing stories, questions and characters-from the complexities of casting Hamlet to an examination of the Bard's malleable relationship with time.

Norman Swan in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his The Brain Cliff,a book which will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge.

Fresh from the Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan and Walkley-winning activist artist Badiucao in conversation with John Garnaut on You Must Take Part in Revolution, a near-future dystopian graphic novel about technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths that one will go to in the fight for freedom.

One of Australia’s leading political and economic thinkers. George Megalogenis, was in conversation with Mark Kenny on his new book. Three Shocks. Who We Are Becoming in the 21st Century, which charts Australia’s course into the new century.

Joseph Toltz and Anna Boucher in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on their new book Out of the depths. The first collection of Holocaust songs. Available for the first time in English translation, this collection of songs is a powerful memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.

Acclaimed political thinker John Keane will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh about John's new book, Demagogues and Despots: Democracies on the Brink. Democracy and despotism live closer together than you’d expect. John Keane reveals why that should alarm us all. We live in troubled times, marked by a sinister trend gaining the upper hand everywhere: the triumph of despotism not only in countri...

Hugh White was in conversation with Allegra Spender on his new book Hard New World Our Post-American Future, examining Australia's place in the new global landscape. Are we ready for our post-American future? In an era of rising danger for all, and dramatic choices for Australia, Hugh White explores how the world is changing and Australia should respond.

Amy Remeikis, one of Australia's leading political journalists and incisive cultural commentators, was in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on Amy’s new book, Screw Nice, a powerful examination of how the politics of civility attempts to shut down debate. The imbalance between those in power and those who oppose injustice is growing. And yet, to stifle argument, those who hold all the power us...

Bestselling author, Hannah Richell, in conversation with Emma Grey on Hannah ‘s new book An Ocean and a Day, a powerful and poignant memoir on grief, loss and hope, from the internationally bestselling author of The Search Party.

Former Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce in conversation with Ron Mizen on his new book Alan Joyce: Riding the Jet Stream, a compelling, factual and gripping memoir from one of Australia’s most consequential chief executives. With a network spanning seven prime ministers and countless captains of industry, Alan Joyce provides a no-holds-barred account of some of the most important

James Walter and Carolyn Holbrook in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on their new book Australia Fair? Democracy, Bureaucracy and the Making of Modern Australia, which explores how policy shapes politics for a better Australia

Paul Kelly in conversation with Frank Bongiorno on his new book The Twilight of Exceptionalism. The Liberal and Conservative Era 2013-22, an incisive assessment of modern Australian politics.

Jessy Wu in conversation with Jasper Lindell on her debut novel, Good Intentions, which announces a compelling new voice in Australian fiction.

Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson in conversation with Mark Kenny on their new book Getting Murdoched. How Murdoch’s Media Wields Power and Punishment.

Joanne Wallis and Jack Corbett was in conversation with Lachlan Strahan on their new book Neighbours: Australia and the Pacific, a new vision for Australia’s relationship with the Pacific

James O’Loghlin in conversation with Alex Sloan on his new book The Missing Piece. How I became an accidental activist

Ed Coper was in conversation with Mark Kenny on his new book, Angertainment. Social media is no longer a platform for connection – it’s a gladiatorial arena powered by an addictive mix of anger and entertainment. As a result, we’re being driven apart: our politics more extreme and empathy on the decline, while those who know how to game the outrage economy for clicks only become more powerful and...