5.07 Suddenly I Love Nonfiction?

Who’s afraid of nonfiction? Me. It’s me. I’ve always had trouble with getting through nonfiction, but this past year I’ve actually found myself … choosing to read it? Over fiction? Who is she? So in this very chatty episode, I take you through 10 things I’ve learnt from 10 of my favourite nonfiction reads this year. Happy listening! X

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Episodes mentioned

• 4.08 Read with Me: Graphic Novels

• 4.13 Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

Books mentioned

• In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, 2019 – memoir

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White, 1918 – instructional guide

• Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust, 2009 – graphic novel memoir

• Intimations by Zadie Smith, 2020 – essays

• Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability and Making Space by Amanda Leduc, 2020 – social justice

• Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis by Alexis Coe, 2014 – history

• Becoming by Michelle Obama, 2018 – memoir

• We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2019 – climate

• The Whole Picture: The colonial history of the art in our museums … and why we need to talk about it by Alice Procter, 2020 – social justice

• SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard, 2015 – history

Black Lives Matter resources

Pay the Rent

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Greenpeace International

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• Cover artwork is by Ashley Ronning

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