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The Salt Path

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by Raynor Winn
reviewed by Wendy Tucker

First published in 2018, this memoir/travelogue has had a new burst in popularity. It has been made into a much-hyped film and chosen by many libraries for their book clubs and for their Words and Music programs. It received glowing reviews and was shortlisted for the Costa Awards. It mainly attracted adjectives such as: inspirational, liberating, regenerative, courageous and, of course, life changing. And these adjectives usually mean that I won’t read it! … Read more »

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Cover of Death of a Book Seller - a bright pink background, stack of books on the left side with a snail on top, and bright green lettering.

Death of a Book Seller

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by Alice Slater
reviewed by Wendy Tucker

Cover of Death of a Book Seller - a bright pink background, stack of books on the left side with a snail on top, and bright green lettering.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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Australian Gospel

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Cover of Australian Gospelby Lech Blaine
reviewed 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.

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The honeyeater

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by Jessie Tu

reviewed 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 »

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Summer reading list from The Triangle team

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Deb Worgan:

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.

Doppelganger: a … Read more »

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The Headlands Writers Festival – A collection of books and authors

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by Wendy Tucker

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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