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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 countries like Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia, but also in states run by popularly elected demagogues –Erdoğan, Netanyahu and Trump.

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 use demands for civility as weapons, to control discussion and negate the legitimacy of differing opinions.

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.