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Geraldine Brooks

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Australian-born Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney, and attended Bethlehem College Ashfield and the University of Sydney. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald for three years as a feature writer with a special interest in environmental issues.

In 1982 she won the Greg Shackleton Australian News Correspondents scholarship to the journalism master’s program at Columbia University in New York City. Later she worked for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans.

She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March
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More Tour Dates for Horse Posted!

Geraldine Brooks has just posted some more tour dates for her book Horse. You can see all Geraldine’s events here.

Horse is Geraldine BrooksNew York Times bestseller 

NEW EVENTS FOR SUMMER 2023

Tuesday, June 13, Traverse City, MI
National Writers Series

Wednesday June 14, Philadelphia PA
Free Library of Philadelphia

Friday, June 16, Scarsdale NY
Scarsdale Public Library

Tuesday, June 20, Dallas TX
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Horse

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Caleb's Crossing

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March

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The Secret Chord

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“For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind.”
Geraldine Brooks, March

“To know a man's library is, in some measure, to know a man's mind.”
Geraldine Brooks, March

“A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.”
Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book

Polls

Historical Fiction is our genre for November. Please vote on which book you would like to read. Last day to vote is Friday, October 18.

The Red Queen The Red Queen (The Cousins' War, #2) by Philippa Gregory Philippa Gregory
 
  4 votes, 40.0%

People of the Book People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks
 
  2 votes, 20.0%

The Lady and the Unicorn The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier Tracy Chevalier
 
  1 vote, 10.0%

The House of the Spirits The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Isabel Allende
 
  1 vote, 10.0%

Fall on your Knees Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald Ann-Marie MacDonald
 
  1 vote, 10.0%

Fingersmith Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Sarah Waters
 
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The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) by Sandra Gulland Sandra Gulland
 
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Perfume The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Patrick Süskind
 
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“Writing a book is a bit like surfing," he said. "Most of the time you're waiting. And it's quite pleasant, sitting in the water waiting. But you are expecting that the result of a storm over the horizon, in another time zone, usually, days old, will radiate out in the form of waves. And eventually, when they show up, you turn around and ride that energy to the shore. It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace. As a writer, you roll up to the desk every day, and then you sit there, waiting, in the hope that something will come over the horizon. And then you turn around and ride it, in the form of a story.”
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