'Kill Your Darlings’ First Book Club pick for October is Speaking Up by Gillian Triggs (Melbourne University Press), a passionate memoir and an irresistible call to everyone who yearns for a fairer world. Read an extract from the book, and Ellen Cregan’s review in this month’s Books Roundup. Ahead of appearances at last week’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Triggs spoke to Chris Saliba about the book, Australia’s political climate and how our country is lagging on the world stage in regard to human rights.' (Introduction)