Acknowledgment of Country
The Triangle is a community paper, principally for the region bounded by the three prominent mountains: Peak Alone, Gulaga and Mumbulla. It is produced on the traditional lands of the Yuin nation and we acknowledge that this was and will always be Yuin Country. We are grateful for their thousands of years of careful and deliberate stewardship of Country and pay our respects to Yuin Elders past, present and emerging.
About The Triangle
The Triangle, a not-for-profit, local, community newspaper, comes out on the first day of every month except January. Published since 2002 we have a print circulation of 1800, with a larger circulation over the summer holiday season. Our paper is free and available in print and online. If you live outside the Triangle area, an annual subscription of $45.00 will cover delivery of all 11 issues.
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Flesh
/in Books, Fiction /by Tikka Wilsonby David Szalay
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
This novel of restrained, realist fiction is the winner of the prestigious and lucrative Booker Prize for 2025. Not unusually, it caused controversy with its extremely pared-back prose that follows the life of one man from adolescence to late middle age.
David Szalay was born in Canada to a Canadian mother and Hungarian father, grew up in London, lived in Hungary and is now based in Vienna. He … Read more »
Garnet
/in Fiction /by Tikka Wilsonby Jennifer Severn
Vine Leaves Press
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
Garnet is a new novel by local author Jennifer Severn. It follows her successful memoir, Long Road to Dry River which was shortlisted for the Finch Prize for memoir. An earlier manuscript of Garnet was shortlisted for the Viva la Novella prize and, now that it has been published, Garnet is a finalist for the Wishing Shelf … Read more »
Departures(s)
/in Books, Fiction /by Tikka Wilsonby Julian Barnes,
Jonathan Cape 2026
Reviewed by Sandra Renew
Julian Barnes’s latest book adds to his list of more than 20 well-regarded novels and non-fiction, including The Sense of an Ending which won the 2011 Booker Prize. He was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime contribution to literature in 2011 and the Légion d’honneur in 2017.
In Departure(s) Barnes employs an interesting narrative structure. There is detail of the changing relationships … Read more »
Fly, Wild Swans
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Tikka WilsonJung Chang
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
This is the long-awaited sequel to Wild Swans, published in 1991 to worldwide acclaim. Wild Swans told the story of three generations of Chinese women, Chang’s grandmother, her mother and herself and interwove the modern history of China into these very personal memoirs. This was the first insight that most of the West had into the cruelty, terror and insanity of … Read more »
Garnet book launch
/in Arts, Books, Fiction /by Tikka WilsonBook recommendations 2025
/in Books /by Tikka WilsonBorn to Run, Bruce Springsteen, 2016. I borrowed this after watching the movie Springsteen: Deliver me from Nowhere. The book provides deep insight into the life and career of The Boss and is quite raw.
Yoga in Practice, Katy Appleton, 2004. I bought this book and a pile of Katy’s videos when I had a back injury over 15 years ago. I decided to revisit it … Read more »