AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL PRESENTS THE AWARD-WINNING GERALDINE BROOKS   We are pleased to announce a special ‘In Conversation’ event with internationally acclaimed writer Geraldine Brooks on 17 November at Maidment Theatre. Australian-born Geraldine Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel March. Her other novels, Caleb’s Crossing and People of the Book, were New York Times best sellers, and her first novel, Year of Wonders remains an international bestseller, translated into more than 25 languages and currently optioned for a major motion picture. She is also the author of the nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire, Foreign Correspondence and The Idea of Home and worked for the Wall Street Journal where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Geraldine’s latest book The Secret Chord is a unique and vivid novel retelling the story of King David’s extraordinary rise to power and fall from grace. 7pm Tuesday 17 November Maidment Theatre, The University of Auckland, 8 Alfred Street. AWF Friends: $15, Students: $12,50, General Admission: $18 Tickets on sale via Maidment Theatre or 09 308 2383. A transaction fee may apply. (AWF Patrons please contact the Festival Office)