Get set... Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Geraldine Brooks' new novel People of the Book has arrived in stores and to help with promotion, Geraldine will be touring Australia in March.
Tour details are as follows:
Adelaide: March 3-6
Perth: March 6-9
Alice Springs: March 9-11
ydney: March 12-15
Hobart: March 15-16
Melbourne: March 16-19
Brisbane: March 19-20
This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker
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