From Ned Kelly Award-winning author comes the next mystery in the Paul Hirschhausen series. With tensions high in the outback town of Tiverton, canPaul find the answers of a missing person’s case before the town reaches breaking po...

Join Duncan McNab as he expertly explains the poisonous truth behind the mushroom murder trial, from the sequence of events that left three people dead, a community and family shattered and brought Erin Patterson to stand trial.

Music industry legend Stuart Coupe shares the story of the original King of the Cross, Abe Saffron, who laid the foundations for more than fifty years of intrigue, murder and mayhem to become one of the most feared and most powerful men in Aust...

Join award-winning Australian crime writer Chris Hammer in this newest Scrubland instalment. This is journalist Martin Scarsden’s most perilous assignment yet – instead of the hunter, he finds himself the hunted into the outback.

Undertaken with the co-operation of descendants of the last men to be outlawed in Australia on the cusp of nationhood in the winter of 1900, The Last Outlaws offers a new understanding of both our past and our present.

Discover why Australia’s fossil-fuel giant Woodside is doubling down on gas production in this new Quarterly Essay with Marian Wilkinson. How convincing is their argument that gas is a necessary transition fuel, as the world decarbonises? ...

Join this award-winning author as he discusses his newest thriller, where the two worlds of Police Constable Philomena McCarthy collide. Trapped in the middle of a vicious gang war, she has to decide who to trust - the badge or her own blood?&n...

Discover seven stories of men who served from WWI to Korea, and their wartime achievements in the air. Based on personal interviews, Burgess captures the exploits of these extraordinary men who took to the skies in extraordinary times. 

Join award-winning Australian journalist Mike Amor as he discusses his career and what motivates journalists to do what they do. Why do they, sometimes recklessly, expose themselves to danger when they have family at home?

Rod Halsted takes you on a wild ride through his life: addiction, crime, and redemption, all wrapped in the irreverent humour of a true Aussie larrikin. Take My Advice, I’m Not Using It! is as much a confession as it is a celebration o...

From the bestselling author of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree comes another stunning tale of secrets and betrayal in the aftermath of war that asks: what happens when you let the truth get in the way of a good story?

From the streets of Hong Kong to Beijing’s shadowy halls of power and the backstabbing workings of Parliament House in Canberra, discover this debut international thriller set in the last 24 hours of the world as we know it.

Learn the dramatic story of trade between Imperial China and the West and how it changed the world, with clear implications for the future. Pembroke illuminates the reasons China distrusts the West and why that view is unlikely to change soon.

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. This essential essay urges us to make our way in a hard new world with realism and confidence.

Expert Linda Jaivin joins us with this riveting account of the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong, focusing on its eventful start and shedding light on the ideological quarrels that underpinned it and the personalities involved.

Poets @ Stanton: a Pride Month special event. Fresh from Sydney Writer’s Festival, Hasib and Anne-Marie treat us to warm and animated conversations about their poetic inspirations, processes, and read aloud some of their incredible work. Introd...

Trace the evolution of artificial intelligence with researcher Toby Walsh, from the works of Ada Lovelace to ChatGPT. His new book is an accessible and illuminating guide that helps to break down this transformative development into six key ide...

Join SBS Insight’s host Kumi Taguchi in conversation as she shares her journey of self discovery. This moving memoir is her attempt to understand her father’s heritage and what that means for her, caught between two worlds. 

Queer Lives on Paper: Award-winning authors talk with Ce Benedict about the importance of writing LGBTIQA+ life stories.  From Pride Month 2024, with an introduction from Mayor of North Sydney Council, Zoe Baker.

Discover the story of the frontier Wiradyuri Wars of Resistance for the first time with award-winning historian Stephen Gapps. Learn the breadth of these two wars conducted along a huge area of the Murray-Darling river system during the 1800’s....

Be taken into the heart of a nation under siege with bestselling author and journalist of Balcony Over Jerusalem. John Lyons brings this riveting account of courageous resistance from everyday Ukrainians in the face of an uncertain fut...

Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, I am Nannertgarrook is not just what life was like for a First Nations woman on the fringes of colonial society but also the beautiful tale of a person’s connection to country.

Discover the life story of famed author Miles Franklin and her enduring resilience. In this real life sequel to My Brilliant Career, Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles’ life in the turbulent years after her early suc...

Hear the compelling true story of how Nick Kaldas became one of Australia’s most senior police officers. He joins us to share his experiences serving in the NSW Police Force and what he learned about resilience, courage and fortitude.

What will it take to stop gendered violence? In this urgent essay, Jess Hill investigates Australia’s National Plan to End Violence Against Women andChildren to find out what’s working and what’s not – and what we can do to turn th...