A drink in a Glebe pub with ex-President of Kiribati and Nobel Peace prize nominee, Anote Tong.

The writer of Memoirs of a Suburban Girl on her long road out of a violent relationship. “There I am, right in the middle of my teenage years and suddenly in a serious relationship. A relationship that pushes away my other life. Being hit was beyond my world experience. I didn’t want it to happen again. I started treading a little bit more carefully, and that set up a power dynamic.”

Production designer Deborah Riley on building the world of Westeros.

A coffee in Redfern with the young-adult writer.

The work of Chinese artist Sun Xun explores concepts of time and space, truth and lies – always searching for answers. As the first solo exhibition of his work in Australia opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, he talks about the role of the artist. “We live in a lie, in a big lie system. People should jump out from the lie circle and touch the world. It is the modern world’s problem. Where is the truth? I don’t know. In my art, I want to make people think: ‘Don’t believe our world – it is a big lie.’ I am trying to open the door for people.”

How a doctor forced to flee the Democratic Republic of the Congo is making a new life in Sydney.

Gabriel Tallent, writer of My Absolute Darling, discusses inspiration and motivation.

A visit to the Sydney studio of artist Wendy Sharpe.

A conversation with the artistic director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, Michaela McGuire.