Episode · The Book Review · 2023-12-15
Books mentioned on How to Tell the Story of a Giant Wildfire
Gilbert Cruz recommended Ducks by Kate Beaton, and discussed Fire Weather by John Vaillant.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fire Weather
Fire Weather by John Vaillant is a harrowing work of narrative non-fiction that tells the true story of the massive 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire against the backdrop of a changing, hotter world.
Discussed“on this week's episode I'm speaking with the author of one of those books John Valiant author of fire weather a true story from a hotter world”
Where to get it
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Ducks
Ducks by Kate Beaton is a graphic memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing experiences working in the oil sands of northern Alberta.
Recommended“first time I came across it really was in a book from last year a graphic novel called Ducks by Kate Beaton”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Our Wives under the Sea
“there's a book called our wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield that I've been meaning to check out”
Plugged The Tiger
“and I think you know I wrote a book called The Tiger a few years ago in which I really tried to as much as one can get into the mind of of the tiger and and and what's going on for that”