Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: November 2020

Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: November 2020

Being Non-Fiction November there was, as can be expected, an array of titles and subject matters covered in this month’s reviews. It was great to see. I’ve highlighted a few in particular from each general non-fiction category that appeared and it speaks to the broadness and diversity of the genre, ranging from the literary to books about climate change to self-help titles.

Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: October 2020

Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: October 2020

Since our round up includes both non-fiction and poetry it is perhaps inevitable that one of the persistent undercurrents will be the closeness of the personal and the political. Many of the reviews this month fall under this category in some way. They are books that are genre-resistant, boundary-pushing pieces of collective art or culturally responsive writing that imbue the tensely political climate of the times with raw emotion and beautiful expressions of social critique.

Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: April & May 2020

Non-Fiction (General) Round Up: April & May 2020

Happy NSW Long Weekend! Which is my way of apologising for the hastily constructed General Non-Fiction Round-up that you are about to read. To celebrate the relaxation of Covid-19 travel restrictions, we suddenly decided to go away. In all the excitement of packing my...