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Proud to be an Indie Champion honoree

Congratulations to John Green, whose remarkable novel “The Fault in Our Stars” kept me reading when I should have been writing.  Green has been chosen by the American Bookselllers Association as the writer who best represents commitment to independent book stores and their role in our communities.  I’m proud to be an honoree in the [...]

Iceland Writers Retreat next April…

So pleased to be invited to the first Iceland Writers Retreat. From 9-13 April 2014, the retreat will bring published and aspiring fiction and non-fiction writers  to Reykjavík. I’m looking forward to visiting the wild  land of the sagas (ideally from the saddle of an Icelandic pony),  learning about  Iceland’s rich literary tradition and meeting contemporary [...]

Berry College chooses Caleb’s Crossing for its First Year Experience

So pleased to learn that incoming freshmen at Berry College  will be reading my novel Caleb’s Crossing. Looking forward to meeting the students  in Georgia September 19th.  For more information click here.

University of Rhode Island selects Caleb’s Crossing as 2013 Common Read

So pleased to learn that the University of Rhode Island students will be coming together around the story of Caleb and his college experience at Harvard in 1665.  Click here for more information. I will be visiting the campus to speak about the novel September 24.

Caleb’s Crossing is San Diego One Book pick for 2013

Delighted to announce that the city of San Diego has selected Caleb’s Crossing as its One Book One San Diego read for Fall. Click here for more info. I’ll be in San Diego Sept 30, Oct 1st and 2nd to speak about the book.  I’ll post details on these events when available.

From Savannah to Boulder–20 cities–click Tour Schedule to see where Geraldine will be in May and June

Geraldine Brooks Delivers 2011 Boyer Lectures: “The Idea of Home”

Every year, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation airs a series of  talks by a prominent Australian. Geraldine’s first lecture explores our duty to our only home, this planet. The second and third examine how Brooks’s ideas were shaped by the progressive ethos of her Australian childhood and her years abroad as a foreign correspondent.  In the final lecture, she reflects [...]

First Wampanoag degree from Harvard College in over 300 years

Last May, Tiffany Smalley of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah became the first Martha’s Vineyard Wampanoag since Caleb to receive an undergraduate degree from Harvard College. In recent years, two other Vineyard Wampanoag, Tobias Vanderhoop and Carrie Anne Vanderhoop, have earned degrees from Harvard University’s graduate schools of government and education.

New York Times book review of Caleb’s Crossing

Jane Smiley reviews Caleb’s Crossing for the New York Times books review. The full review will appear on May 15th. “…The triumph of Caleb’s Crossing is that Bethia succeeds as a convincing woman of her time, and also in communicating across centuries of change in circumstance, custom and language. She tells a story that is [...]

Interview in The Australian

When Brooks, who had been living in Virginia, moved to Martha's Vineyard in 2006, she started reading about the island's history. She learned that the first Native American graduate of Harvard University, across the Nantucket Sound in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a local: Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, class of 65.