‘Facts and Other Lies’ gives background information about why fake news spreads and how politicians, especially right wing conservatives have exploited it so successfully. Ed Coper uses extensive research but writes cleverly with specific examples and humour and even explains how individuals can defuse disinformation. Josh Kemp distorts perceptions with a drug addled protagonist and a ten year old girl he is trying to rescue whose perspective is plagued by nightmares as they search the outback for her father in ‘Banjawarn’.