Non fiction Archives : BookerTalk

News And How You Can Use It by Alan Rusbridger — whose ‘truth’ can you trust?

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 BookerTalk 14 Comments journalism, Non fiction, The Guardian newspaper

In the race to the White House in 2016, there was seldom a day when we didn’t hear the words

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 by Mitchell Zuckoff — emotional overload

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 BookerTalk 15 Comments 9/11 attacks, Michell Zuckoff, Non fiction, Twin Towers, World Trade Centre

Twenty-one years ago the world watched aghast as terrorist attacks rained down on the United States of America. In his

What I’m Reading : Episode 40, November 2021: From Korea to Angola

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 BookerTalk 18 Comments African authors, Booker prize, Claire Fuller, Costa book award, Non fiction, Novellas in November

November is going to be all about novellas but before I get stuck into that, let’s take a look at

Sample Sunday is an opportunity to check all the books on my shelves and decide what to keep

Sample Sunday: Reviewing the Cs

April 11, 2021April 14, 2021 BookerTalk 26 Comments Eizabeth Chadwick, historical fiction, Non fiction, Persephone Books, Rachel Carson, Sample Sunday, TBR

I’m moving through my shelves of unread books to decide which to keep, this week landing on all those whose

In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park: Courageous Bid For Freedom

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 BookerTalk 6 Comments memoirs, Non fiction, North Korea, Yeonmi Park

In her memoir In Order To Live, Yeonmi Park lifts the veil of secrecy that surrounds life in the brutal

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