There are fashions in books and lately many new novels seem to have the words Bookshop or Bookseller in the title. There are novels set in bookshops in cities, in towns, in villages, in developed and developing countries, during wars … Read more »
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Lech Blaine spent eleven years researching and writing his family’s story. He had access to his mother’s diary, thousands of official documents, and letters. He interviewed hundreds of people to ensure this work of creative non-fiction was balanced and nonjudgmental. It’s difficult to review this hilarious, heartbreaking memoir without making it sound like a potboiler about an Aussie battler family overcoming the odds. It is so much more.
Jessie Tu is a book critic at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and a journalist for Woman’s Agenda. Her debut novel, A lonely girl is a dangerous thing won the Australian Book Industry Awards for 2020 Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
The honeyeater is her eagerly awaited second novel. The protagonist of her first novel was an adult but emotionally stunted former music … Read more »
Prima facie by Susie Miller, an important and powerful read.
About Grace by Anthony Doerr, an odd but intriguing story, beautifully written, about exile and returning.
The conversion by Amanda Lohrey, a novel about a change of heart paralleled with the repurposing of a church.
Flick Ruby:
The valley, Chris Hammer’s latest tightly woven outback murder mystery, includes greenie protesters, good cops, bad cops, and greedy shysters, set in an imaginary town near us.
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Is this one of the best Writers Festivals in Australia? I think so. An amazing selection of disparate authors, easy to access venues, not too crowded and a whale frolicking at the lunch hour, stretch-the-legs walk. The big names are in the bigger hall and these sessions are livestreamed to wider audiences in libraries so bookworms who are further away from Tathra can enjoy some of the festival. I’m not sure who decides which … Read more »
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This is the second novel from Jente Posthuma, a Dutch writer, and was among the six novels shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024. The Booker Prize has had a few name changes and this has resulted in some confusion. The Booker Prize (now the new/old name) is for a novel published in English from writers in Commonwealth countries and Ireland. In 2005, the International Booker Prize was inaugurated for novels worldwide, that were published in English, including books translated into English, with the aim of promoting global literature. … Read more »
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Death of a Book Seller
/in Books, Fiction /by Tikka Wilsonby Alice Slater
reviewed by Wendy Tucker
Australian Gospel
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Tikka Wilsonreviewed by Wendy Tucker
Lech Blaine spent eleven years researching and writing his family’s story. He had access to his mother’s diary, thousands of official documents, and letters. He interviewed hundreds of people to ensure this work of creative non-fiction was balanced and nonjudgmental. It’s difficult to review this hilarious, heartbreaking memoir without making it sound like a potboiler about an Aussie battler family overcoming the odds. It is so much more.
… Read more »
The honeyeater
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie Worganreviewed by Wendy Tucker
Jessie Tu is a book critic at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and a journalist for Woman’s Agenda. Her debut novel, A lonely girl is a dangerous thing won the Australian Book Industry Awards for 2020 Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
The honeyeater is her eagerly awaited second novel. The protagonist of her first novel was an adult but emotionally stunted former music … Read more »
Summer reading list from The Triangle team
/in Biography, Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry /by Debbie WorganPrima facie by Susie Miller, an important and powerful read.
About Grace by Anthony Doerr, an odd but intriguing story, beautifully written, about exile and returning.
The conversion by Amanda Lohrey, a novel about a change of heart paralleled with the repurposing of a church.
Flick Ruby:
The valley, Chris Hammer’s latest tightly woven outback murder mystery, includes greenie protesters, good cops, bad cops, and greedy shysters, set in an imaginary town near us.
Doppelganger: a … Read more »
The Headlands Writers Festival – A collection of books and authors
/in Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction /by Debbie WorganIs this one of the best Writers Festivals in Australia? I think so. An amazing selection of disparate authors, easy to access venues, not too crowded and a whale frolicking at the lunch hour, stretch-the-legs walk.
The big names are in the bigger hall and these sessions are livestreamed to wider audiences in libraries so bookworms who are further away from Tathra can enjoy some of the festival. I’m not sure who decides which … Read more »
What I’d rather not think about
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie Worganby Jente Posthuma
translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey
reviewed by Wendy Tucker
This is the second novel from Jente Posthuma, a Dutch writer, and was among the six novels shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024. The Booker Prize has had a few name changes and this has resulted in some confusion. The Booker Prize (now the new/old name) is for a novel published in English from writers in Commonwealth countries and Ireland. In 2005, the International Booker Prize was inaugurated for novels worldwide, that were published in English, including books translated into English, with the aim of promoting global literature. … Read more »