Events: the week ahead Nov 12, 2009
The festival hosts best-selling and up-and-coming authors including Martin Fletcher, Carol Leifer, Geraldine Brooks, and Zoe Heller. 7 p.m. Nov. 15 (through Dec. 9; opening night gala is Nov. 21). (Boston Globe)
Tales of outsiders take the honours Nov 3, 2009
Le could not be at yesterday's function, but in a speech read by his publisher, he thanked the judges for rewarding a ''collection of unlinked short stories from an ex-lawyer'' and said he felt ''like a petty thief on murderers' row'' in the company of the other finalists: Goldsworthy, Murray Bail, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Flanagan, Joan London and another first-timer, Sofie Laguna. Books, he said, ''are the truest means of telling and showing us to ourselves, that they do a strange,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sam's 70th takes the cake Oct 9, 2009
While there were no such embarrassments from Gillard yesterday, there were a few dark mutterings from the audience about the omission of some Australian writers who have made it in the Land of the Free, such as the journalist and winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Geraldine Brooks, and Colleen McCullough. GOT A TIP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Judges are to be commended Sep 26, 2009
If you missed last week's news, the shortlisted fiction books are: The Pages, by Murray Bail; People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks; Wanting, by Richard Flanagan; Everything I Knew, by Peter Goldsworthy; One Foot Wrong, by Sofie Laguna; The Boat, by Nam Le; and The Good Parents, by Joan London. On the shortlist for the $100,000 nonfiction award are: Van Diemen's Land, by James Boyce; Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley, by Brian Dibble; Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History, by Jenny... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Best Sellers Aug 23, 2009
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, 15, 9780143115007. 13. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
A healthy respect for the flu Jul 27, 2009
Earlier in the summer, I read the book Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks. This historical novel depicts both the best and the worst of human behavior in response to a deadly plague in 17th-century England. (Boston Globe)
SHELF LIFE - Get creative at the library this summer Jun 3, 2009
The Second Tuesday Book Group meets at 7 p.m. June 9 to talk about People of the Book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks. Future summer titles include A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and The Book Thief. (Missoulian, MT)
Borders' Book Club Now Features Title Recommendations from Expert Buyers, Book Group Resources Apr 16, 2009
"People of the Book," by Geraldine Brooks - Travel from 1996 Sarajevo to 1480 Seville in this gripping and unforgettable mystery about an ancient manuscript. Kids and Young Adult Picks. (PR Newswire)
Burlington Public Library programs, April 2 edition Apr 4, 2009
Among the winners you ll find March by Geraldine Brooks, Rabbit at Rest by John Updike, The Color Purple by Alice Walker and many other great works of literature. Family Game Day. (Burlington Union, MA)
Best-selling books Mar 16, 2009
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, Geraldine Brooks (Penguin; 400 pages; $15): A rare-book conservator works on an ancient Jewish prayer book in Sarajevo. This week. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Scene and Herd: Town Meeting just around the corner Mar 12, 2009
Pulitzer prize-winning authors Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz will discuss their books, historical fiction and journalism at the final Cary Lecture of the season at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21 at Cary Hall. The lecture is free to all Lexington residents. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Chronicle best-sellers Feb 8, 2009
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, Geraldine Brooks. 4. (San Francisco Chronicle)
