Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks AO is a journalist and author who worked for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Wall Street Journal. In 2006, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel March. Novels Caleb's Crossing, People of the Book and The Secret Chord were New York Times’ bestsellers, while Year of Wonders was an international bestseller. She is also the author of non-fiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence. Her novel Horse won multiple awards, including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award and Fiction Indie Book Award for 2023.
Saturday April 26
10.30am
60 mins
Sorrento Bowls Club
Island of My Mind
The role of Flinders Island in my writing
Moderator:
Corrie Perkin
Speakers:
Jock Serong,
Geraldine Brooks
Sunday April 27
9.00am
60 mins
Sorrento Community Centre
In Conversation
Geraldine Brooks
Moderator:
Santilla Chingaipe
Speaker:
Geraldine Brooks
Sunday April 27
12.00pm
60 mins
Sorrento Community Centre
Where To, America? (Or, How Gaga is MAGA?)
Moderator:
Nick Bryant
Speakers:
Bruce Wolpe,
Geraldine Brooks