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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.
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Rock Paper Scissors
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie WorganHarper Collins Australia
Reviewed by Wendy Tucker
I often read crime fiction as a break from more challenging literary fiction. Crime, suspense, thriller, psychological thriller … whatever they were once listed as, they now seem to have merged under the general title of crime or thriller.
There seems to be an increased appetite for crime fiction and it now outsells most other genres. Bestselling thriller writer, David Baldacci, says that when times are more … Read more »
Devotion
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie WorganDevotion
Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent’s eagerly-awaited third novel is a departure from her earlier two although it continues with her themes of women on the fringes of their society, women who evoke suspicion.
The novel is divided into three sections: Before, After and Then.
It begins in 1836 in Prussia, where Hanne is part of an Old Lutheran community, now banned from the practice of their religion. Hanne is fifteen years old and dreading … Read more »
Still Life
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie WorganStill Life
Sarah Winman
HarperCollins, $32.99
This novel was my perfect antidote to a Christmas of rain, uncertainty and lots of visitors. It is a wonderfully rich, multi-layered, joyous and affectionate novel that spans the years between 1944 and 1979.
It is a character-driven novel with brave, transgressive characters who are a joy to know and show, in different ways, how lives can be resurrected and changed. And the city … Read more »
Book Review highlights for 2021
/in Biography, Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction /by Debbie WorganOverall favourites/champions
After Story – Larissa Behrendt; and Kazuo Ishiguro – Klara and the Sun
Best biography
James Campbell – Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
Best political histories
Johanna Perheentupa – Redfern: Aboriginal Activism in … Read more »
Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Debbie WorganThomas Mayor
$34.99
Thomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander, father of five, union official, and tireless advocate for the proposals in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. In this collection he invited twelve contributors to write a letter, either to his father or son. The writers come from a wide range of professions and life experiences, and each is a leader in his own right. They write of life, masculinity, … Read more »
Dark as Last Night
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie WorganTony Birch
$29.99
Tony Birch is renowned for his novels and short stories. This latest collection contains many sad stories, but ones that are often softened by the affection and loyalty exhibited between family and community members. Set in the 1970s, one of the strongest themes is how tough life was for working class kids – both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. Prejudice, poverty and inequality were rife, as … Read more »