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Writers & Company presents highlights from some of the many timely and topical special series recorded on location, with writers from India, South Africa, Sudan and Australia.

"Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country" part four. Michelle de Kretser's writing raises interesting questions about Australian identity and culture. This week on Writers & Company, the talented novelist explains how themes of dislocation and discovery fit into her works. Also on the program, an interview with Kate Grenville, an author who finds inspiration in Australian history.

Writers & Company wraps up the series "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country." This episode starts with an interview with acclaimed author and historian Ruby Langford Ginibi. Find out why many people consider her to be an icon of survival and power for the Aboriginal people. Also on the program, Eleanor talks with activist Sam Watson and poet Samuel Wagan Watson - well-known writers in Australian Aboriginal culture. The father-son duo takes listeners on an in-depth journey…

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Australian-American novelist Peter Carey. The two-time Booker Prize-winner's new novel, Amnesia, probes the relationship between his two countries.

Eleanor Wachtel talks with novelist and biographer Nicholas Shakespeare about the remarkable life of England's Bruce Chatwin - the man who revolutionised travel writing before dissolving in his own myth.

Eleanor speaks with biographer Susannah Clapp about the remarkable life of England's Bruce Chatwin, the man who revolutionised travel writing before dissolving in his own myth. This episode includes recordings of the late Bruce Chatwin reading from his Australian book, The Songlines.