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In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric firsthand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile.

The ABC podcast Ladies, We Need to Talk has been tearing open the sealed section on life for years, but host Yumi Stynes and co-creator Claudine Ryan know there’s still way more to say. In this audiobook, they dive further into the podcast topics that resonated most with sensitivity, hilarity and serious smarts, and open the conversation further to include personal stories from listeners.

There’s no denying it – sex can be pretty tricky...and talking about sex can feel weird and so uncomfortable. But it doesn’t have to be that way! This little audiobook is packed with honest advice on everything you need to know about sex – how to know when you're ready and reasons to not have sex, exploring pleasure on your own to becoming sexually intimate with others, contraception and staying safe, how to communicate about sex, wobbly starts and awkward moments (including talking to your parents about sex).

You’re ready for this audiobook if you’re curious about how consent works, you don’t know how to actually talk about consent, it's hard to say no, you don't know when to say yes or you just find consent confusing!