Perusing the gargantuan lineup of this week's Sydney Writers' Festival, and given the dire warnings about the grim state of the book industry, we were struck by an odd thought: At some point, surely, we are in danger of having more book writers than actual book readers. 

The chaps at Chappelli are lifting us out of chocolate/beer-induced comas and onto a pushie.

Fresh from bloodying George Pell on last night's Q&A, Darwinian provocateur Richard Dawkins is appearing in both Sydney and Melbourne to discuss his new book The Magic of Reality.

We've all left things behind in hotel rooms: boxers, a few bottles of beer... socks. But German artist Thomas Demand has gone one better.

We fluctuate between wanting to burn down the internet and loving its broad-banded guts here at Smith; most of the sweeter moments happen in front of TED.

If Dinosaur Jr., Teenage Fanclub, and Broken Social Scene had a baby with an Australian accent it'd be called Bearhug.

'Echology' is a series of public seminars that aim to bridge the gap between civic funded 'public art' and the public. No more eyesores!

The world's most beloved octogenarian – and surely the most unequivocally adored figure in the history of television – is coming to Australia in August.

Live in Sydney? Interested in how to grow food in a backyard the size of an upright fridge? Want to compost in your kitchen sink, no matter what your housemates say? 

Nestled in the back streets of a quiet Sydney suburb sits one of the world's largest collections of contemporary Chinese art.