Conversations

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)