How can you get your kids to read this summer? Research has found they respond well to reading non-fiction – so we’ve gathered 6 top non-fiction books, recommended by the kids themselves.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
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True crime-related storytelling has shrugged off its former low-brow baggage. Two recent Australian books show how victims’ stories can be told sensitively and humanely.
Political books touches a certain chord in South African society that makes them bestsellers.
It’s easier to make the list than you might think.
Reading something that sows doubt about a widely agreed-upon fact – even the election of George Washington as president – can have a profound effect.
Some have suggested that the publisher and author of ‘Mandela’s Last Years’ were simply attempting to cash in on the Mandela legacy. This is not a basis for the withdrawal of a book.
Kerrie Davies’ A Wife’s Heart places her own story alongside that of Henry Lawson’s wife.
The recently broadcast TV mini-series, “Mars”, combines fiction and nonfiction in a way that places them in balance. This kind of combination is likely to feature in more television series and films.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Publishing, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in Literary & Narrative Journalism, School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Senior lecturer in Screen Production and Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor of English, University of Minnesota
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Dean of Research (Creative), University of South Australia
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Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science, Northeastern University
