True Story Festival - True Locals

True Story is a festival of ideas and the best creative non-fiction being written in Australia today.

Trusted voices to share insights into how to navigate this sometimes-bewildering world we find ourselves in. Come and be part of the conversation.

True Locals
Non-fiction authors walk among us! Four local writers tell ABC Illawarra host Melinda James about their exciting new titles. Biographer Jeff Apter reveals the life of trailblazing music producer Lee Gordon. Journalist Erin O’Dwyer has the inside story on the true crime memoir she co-wrote with a former beauty queen and convicted drug dealer. Electrify Everything guru Saul Griffith explains how to Plug In! to cut household costs and carbon emissions. And journalist Jeremy Lasek looks at the people who powered the Illawarra’s Yes23 referendum campaign. Plus, our True Locals share their 'must-read' non-fiction recommendations.