Publications
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EXTRACT FROM 'TRIPLE HELIX', Sunday Age 2022
A long-held family secret turned my world upside down.
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DEEP WATER, Meanjin, Spring 2022
Inspired by a trip to Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre) in the stricken summer of 2019/20, Lauren explores what it means to live within the fragility of the world’s driest inhabited continent, how best to steward our precious life-sustaining water, and what love and beauty might remain within our climate crisis future?
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WHEN SAND IS SO MUCH MORE, Gippslandia 2021
Exploring the extinction crisis in a microcosm, Lauren Burns asks, Why is Western Port’s last remaining coastal forest being torn up to supply sand for Melbourne’s Big Build?
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MY LIFE AS A 'MIRACLE BABY', Kill Your Darlings 2020
Lauren Burns first learned she was donor conceived at the age of 21. Stories about reproductive technology often focus on the journey of parents, but what are the ethical implications of biotechnology on the ‘miracle babies’, particularly when profit-driven businesses get involved?
Podcasts and Author Talks
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3MBS Reflections
When she was 21, Dr Lauren Burns learned that she was donor-conceived, leading her to a challenging quest to find the identity of her biological father. Her courageous advocacy for the rights of donor-conceived people led to changes in Victoria’s laws and is the subject of her book Triple Helix.
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Archive Fever
EP6: Wounded in a Place You Can’t Locate (2022)
Authors and historians Clare Wright and Yves Rees are joined by Dr Lauren Burns, aeronautical engineer and author of Triple Helix: My Donor-Conceived Story (2022).
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Biohacked: Family Secrets
EP10: The Great Sperm Drought (2022)
Interview begins 6min15sec
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Author Talk: Monash Public Library
This is an event recording of a virtual event held on 10 August 2022 to celebrate Family History Month
