
Inside the rise of LGBTQ+ fiction
Exploring queer fiction as the literary genre faces boosted sales and book bans
- 26 mins
- 04 Feb 2023
The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.
Exploring queer fiction as the literary genre faces boosted sales and book bans
Indigenous and First Nation storytellers speaking up for their communities
Cate Blanchett on playing a conductor accused of sexual misconduct in the film Tár
Why a new wave of guitar bands are speaking over their songs instead of singing
Brazilian artists create utopias in their work to imagine a better future
Rapper Milli on challenging stereotypes to bring change in Thailand
Three conversations between different generations of artists
What can stories mean to people living in war? How do storytellers find hope in chaos?
We hear from artists telling the stories of the disappeared
How a banned film became Pakistan’s entry for the Oscars
The future of museums in the era of contested artefacts
Photographers telling the stories of their nations
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Artists telling stories from a contested past
We hear from artists at the forefront of Sri Lanka’s protest movement
Two Iranian artists on the recent protests
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