Pulitzer Prize Winner Geraldine Brooks To Speak Saturday in Roswell

Roswell Reads, in partnership with the Roswell Cultural Arts Center and in association with Bookmiser, is kicking off National Arts & Humanities Month with an in-person presentation this Saturday by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geraldine Brooks.

Brooks, the bestselling author of six novels and two acclaimed nonfiction works, will be discussing her new novel, “Horse,” Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell.

Australian-born Brooks began her career in journalism, eventually working as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. In 1990, with her late husband, Tony Horwitz, she won the Overseas Press Club Award for best coverage of the Gulf War. The following year they received a citation for excellence for their series, “War and Peace.”

Brooks’ first novel, “Year of Wonders,” published in 2001, became an international bestseller. Then, in 2006, her second novel, “March,” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Four more bestselling novels followed, including “Horse.”

Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, “Horse” is a gripping, multilayered novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Tickets for Saturday's talk are $20 and are available either online at roswellcac.com, by calling 770-594-6232, or at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.

To purchase books prior to the event, visit bookmiser.net. Books purchased in advance can be autographed and picked up in-store, at the event, or mailed. Bookmiser will also sell copies of "Horse" at the event which Brooks can sign and personalize. For questions regarding book purchases, contact Bookmiser at 770-509-5611.

Roswell Reads will follow Brooks’ in-person appearance with two virtual book discussions featuring “Horse” on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The author is not part of these Zoom presentations. Similar to book club meetings, these online events feature a facilitator who leads the discussion and encourages audience participation. Register for the virtual discussions by emailing your name, city and preferred time (2 p.m. or 7 p.m.) to roswellreadsbookdiscussions@gmail.com.

Since 2005, Roswell Reads has been promoting the value of reading, literacy and lifelong learning through the shared community-wide experience of reading and discussing a common book. For more information, go to RoswellReads.com.