Ep2: Looking for the Right Truck to Pass By
Clare and Yves are joined by author Chloe Hooper, whose latest book The Arsonist (2018) weaves together the story of the Black Saturday Fires out of the threads of a living archive. Can the landscape and its scars reveal a true history? The group discusses paper trails in the legal system, the question of trust, and engaging in the physical archive of landscape.
References
Chloe Hooper’s Publisher Page
Chloe Hooper The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008)
Chloe Hooper The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire (2018)
Further Reading
Watch ABC TV The Burning Question (2018)