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.
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Leave the World Behind
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie WorganReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Ecco Press, $25.99
This is the third novel by this author, of whom I had never heard. It has received terrific reviews, so I have chosen it to kick off 2021.
My first comment is that if you are one of many of us who are still feeling fragile after the challenges of 2020, you might want to give this a miss for a few more … Read more »
Mammoth
/in Books, Fiction /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Mammoth
Chris Flynn
UQP, $29.99
This very interesting book is narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct mammoth, told to his fellow extinct creatures as they await their sale to customers in New York in 2007. As Thomas Kenneally wrote, ‘Mammoth (encapsulates) the macro-history of all life in the tale of one species.’ It’s a strong critique of the role humans have played in destroying the natural world, … Read more »
Not Just Black and White
/in Biography, Books /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Not Just Black and White
Lesley Williams and Tammy Williams
UQP, $32.95
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century China
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Jung Chang
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century China
Penguin, $35.00
Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Debbie WorganReviewed by Debbie Worgan
Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
Julia Baird
Harper Collins, $32.99
I haven’t even finished reading this book, but I already know it’s worthy of a review. Parts of it have resonated so well with my life that it’s almost as if it’s been written for me. The book is largely a collection of essays which reflect Julia’s search for light and meaning – a search that many people can identify with. Julia writes beautifully … Read more »
Blacklands
/in Books, Fiction /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Debbie Worgan
Blacklands
Belinda Bauer
Orion, $19.99
Blacklands, the first novel by Belinda Bauer, is a chilling psychological read. It’s both a tale of a broken, dysfunctional family and a journey into the mind of a child-murdering serial killer.
The story revolves around Steven Lamb, a 12-year-old boy from a poor background, whose uncle, Billy, was believed to have been a victim of … Read more »