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Kamala Harris’ candid memoir reveals her ‘ideal’ vice president – and why she thinks she lost

It is downright eerie to read, right now, Kamala Harris’ memoir of her 2024 presidential campaign. These events feel so far away now, when we read them from within the frequent shocks of the Trump presidency, from troops on the streets of Washington to the indictment of former FBI director…

The Conversation

Who Is Government? by Michael Lewis review – what Doge is trying to destroy

The Moneyball author is joined by writers including Dave Eggers and Geraldine Brooks in a hymn of praise to the workers who keep America’s cogs turning

The Guardian - UK

‘An unclenching of the soul’: Geraldine Brooks’ raw, gentle grief memoir has helped me navigate my own mourning

On May 27 2019, acclaimed Australian writer Geraldine Brooks received a call from the emergency department of a hospital in Washington DC. Her American husband of 35 years, Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, had collapsed while in DC promoting his latest book. He was pronounced dead soon after arriving…

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Geraldine Brooks: ‘I felt like I was faking my life’

The Australian Pulitizer-prize winning author on love, grief and pretending to be normal while feeling anything but

The Guardian - AU

‘Pioneering’, ‘engrossing’, ‘a hymn to connection’: the best Australian books out in February

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards

Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

The Independent UK

Possession and devotion inform Sarah Krasnostein's compelling reinterpretation of Peter Carey's art

Sarah Krasnostein’s On Peter Carey is the 12th instalment of Black Inc.’s highly readable series, Writers on Writers. The series is nicely conceived, as it pitches Australian writers not just against each other, but across a generational divide.

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When Geraldine Brooks writes about Tim Winton, you can hear the axes grind

The earthiness of Tim Winton’s homegrown language and storytelling has its share of critics, but also plenty of fans – enough to sustain 40 years or so of professional writing. His works are a feast of strange words and characters. There is a lot to admire, and a few butterfly…

The Conversation

The best books released in June - from historical fiction to memoir and poetry

Our critics' picks for June span historical fiction, graphic novels and poetry to bring you fascinating perspectives on identity, race and hidden lives.

ABC News

Geraldine Brooks's Horse is a richly detailed examination of the violence of America's past

In a letter accompanying the advance copy of her latest novel, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks reveals the inspiration for Horse.

The Conversation

Horse by Geraldine Brooks review – a confident novel of racing and race

The Australian-American author gallops through the life of a famed racehorse in the antebellum south but falters when she reaches modern America

The Guardian - AU

‘Propulsive’, ‘evocative’, ‘brilliant’: the best Australian books out in June

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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