Sometimes, truth really is greater than fiction. This fortnight, we’re jumping in to chat about our current favourite non-fiction books. We cover the whole gamut this ep - biographies, history, memoir, science!




BOOKS MENTIONED:


Fire Country by Victor Steffensen: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/fire-country-how-indigenous-fire-management-could-help-save-australia/victor-steffensen/book_9781741177268.htm


Catch and kill by Ronan Farrow: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/catch-and-kill-lies-spies-and-a-conspiracy-to-protect-predators/ronan-farrow/book_9780708899274.htm


Dear Girls by Ali Wong: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/dear-girls-intimate-tales-untold-secrets-advice-for-living-your-best-life/ali-wong/book_9781760899127.htm


Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe:  https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland/patrick-radden-keefe/book_9780008159269.htm


Victor Steffensen’s fire management organisation: http://www.mulong.com.au/index.php/mulong-portfolio-2-fire/


ABC article ‘New light in a land shaped by fire’: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-11/historic-photos-guide-indigenous-burning-great-sandy-desert/100083720




RECOMMENDATIONS:


Ali Wong Baby Cobra Netflix special: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80101493


Ali Wong’s Hard Knock Wife Netflix special: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80186940


Always be my maybe: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80202874


Derry Girls: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80238565


Shrill: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/shrill


Shrill by Lindy West: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/shrill/lindy-west/book_9781784295547.htm