In Barry Divola’s novel, his hero, a middle-aged Peter Pan-type figure, gets into all sorts of scrapes as he drives his brother across the US.

Actor Elaine Crombie says a new production of The 7 Stages of Grieving, about Indigenous Australian history, is as relevant today as when it was written 26 years ago.

Ella Baxter’s first novel follows the experiences of a funeral parlour cosmetician who experiences grief for the first time.

The single largest collection of Indigenous items has been repatriated to Australia.

The actor was acquitted of indecent assault and assault charges in December and now appears determined to win over the court of public opinion.

This production treads a fine line between thoughtful experiment and blunt spectacle

As the veteran travel show celebrates its 30th birthday, the LA-based presenter says it’s a perfect time to dream about adventures beyond our shores.

After skewering breakfast television and cooking shows, Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney have turned their comedy in an unexpected direction.

As ACMI’s Chief Experience Officer, Seb Chan wants to change the modern museum experience.

Artists and their parents become co-conspirators in The National using their work to uncover the power, tension and possibility posed by generational ties.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi follows her exploration of masculinity in Uganda with a look at womanhood.

Azita’s Glen Echo, Jesswar’s Tropixx, Middle Kids’ Today We’re the Greatest and Avgenicos Brothers’ Treading Water.

Clunes’ annual festival returned but with some significant differences.

Duncan McNab investigates the fiasco of the plague ship that docked in Circular Quay – and let its passengers disembark.

Staff are hoping that the Melbourne chain will become the first in the country to negotiate an enterprise bargaining agreement.

Closing the Guantanamo Bay detention centre is a vital first step towards change in America, says the star of The Mauritanian.

Our guide to what’s showing in Melbourne’s galleries.

The Sydney restaurateur will auction nearly 170 works by artists such as John Olsen and Charles Blackman - but there are some he can’t bear to part with.

King, who died on the weekend aged 87, lived most of his life as a persona more than a person, and perhaps outlived the era that made him.

The Sydney experimental noise outfit make music that is the exact opposite of ‘easy listening’.

Scott Maclachlan said he had been guilty of “stupid, insensitive and ignorant comments” to women in the industry, including asking them if they wanted sexual contact with him, and making comments about their bodies.

Some of the most exciting music being written is for contemporary opera: a new Australian company wants to bring it to national audiences.

A haunting performance set in a defunct zoo was a highlight of the captivating second weekend of the Mona Foma festival in Hobart.

The national broadcaster should have a flagship arts program as prominent and enduring to this vital area as Four Corners is to its current-affairs line-up.

Staged on the set of a low-budget porno conceived in 1979, X is a welcome comeback for Ti West’s thoughtful yet visceral brand of horror.