Conversations

Susan Francis met the love of her life in her fifties. But her story with the miner named Wayne didn't turn out as she planned

Scott Bevan on the harbour’s vivid history, generous people and quiet pleasures

A shocking event in Peta Clarke's early life saw her become one of the world's most respected animal trainers

Pieter de Vries has filmed the Earth's most remote corners - from its deepest oceans, to the jungles of Papua New Guinea.

Jan Becker is a helicopter pilot, and a midwife in Tanzania, where she teaches infant resuscitation

Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen believes Donald Trump is a threat to democracy

George Saunders' first novel Lincoln in the Bardo centres around the grief that haunted Abraham Lincoln (R)

Sean Dooley is a twitcher, recording the lives of birds like the Godwit, which flies from Alaska to New Zealand without stopping

Capturing the sounds of wildlife, natural phenomena and secret worlds

Richard Flanagan recounts a strange chapter from early in his writing career

How police officer Allan Sparkes became one of Australia's most highly decorated people (R)