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Described as having ‘steeliness by the bucket load', the passionate Gillian Triggs has used the annual Thea Astley address to call for a regeneration of Australian society by applying ‘a human rights lens to everything’.

This session, chaired by Melissa Lucashenko, centered on the themes raised by the book Growing up Aboriginal in Australia, compiled and edited by Anita Heiss.

'I am not defined by my scars, but my incredible ability to heal': British Ethiopian poet Lemn Sissay in conversation with Adam Shoemaker.

The kids came out in force today for the Byron Writers Festival's Kids Big Day Out.

One role of the artist is to make the invisible visible. Art might not change the world, but it might transform the way you see the world, and that might make all the difference.

Gillian Triggs, Anna Clark and Clive Hamilton tackle the messy state of ideology, universal rights and the new vicious nature of politics.

Crime fiction is fast overtaking romance as the biggest selling genre. But what is its appeal?

Investigative journalists Eskil Engdal and Kjetil Saeter talk about their debut book, Chasing Thunder: The World's Longest Sea Chase.

We all experience anxiety to some degree, whether it's the ‘fair enough’ kind, where an anxious response is necessary and appropriate, or the more existential variety, an angst that is in your bones.

Australians are obsessed with travel. Over the past decade, we've doubled the amount of overseas travel we do. It seems we can't wait to pull out our passport and hit the road.