Episode 8 - Books you can finish in a day
You know that feeling when you get immediately hooked by a book? That. That is one of our fave feelings ever! So in this ep, we’re chatting about the books that we’ve devoured in just one day.
Show notes
Books recommended
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/my-sister-the-serial-killer-the-sunday-times-bestseller/oyinkan-braithwaite/book_9781786495983.htm
Heartstopper book series by Alice Oseman: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/heartstopper-volume-one/alice-oseman/book_9781444951387.htm
Frank Sinatra has a Cold by Gay Talese: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold/gay-talese/book_9780141194158.htm
Clap When you Land by Elizabeth Acevedo: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/clap-when-you-land/elizabeth-acevedo/book_9781471409127.htm
The Guest List by Lucy Foley: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/the-guest-list/lucy-foley/book_9780008297176.htm
Other recommendations
Call My Agent: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80133335
The Hook up Plan: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80190086
Everyone should go to therapy at least once!
First Nations charities and orgs to donate to:
Dhadjowa Foundation: A foundation set-up to support family members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have been died in custody: https://dhadjowa.com.au/
Healing Foundation: A national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that partners with communities to address the ongoing trauma cause by actions like the forced removal of children from their families: https://healingfoundation.org.au/
Indigenous Literacy Foundation: A foundation that gifts Indigenous families with new, culturally appropriate books, as well as running programs to inspire the communities to tell and publish their own stories, in the languages they choose: https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency: This agency deliver high quality and culturally competent legal services to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory: http://www.naaja.org.au/
The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM): an independent Aboriginal community-controlled organisation governed by an all Aboriginal Board. They provide legal services and promote legal, cultural, economic, political and social rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in South Australia: https://www.alrm.org.au/
ANTaR are a small organisation representing a grassroots movement of Australians in support of justice, rights and respect for Australia’s First Peoples: https://antar.org.au/
Yalari is a not-for-profit organisation that offers quality, secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools for Indigenous children from regional, rural and remote communities: https://www.yalari.org/