Ocean Grove\u2019s beloved book shop bookgrove will welcome author Ruby Murray to their latest meet the author event on August 17.<\/p>\n
Ms Murray who lives in California grew up between Brunswick and Point Lonsdale and has used the Geelong and surrounds as the backdrop for her latest novel, The Biographer\u2019s Lover.<\/p>\n
Bookgrove owner Stacey Moore said the event would be another fantastic opportunity for readers to interact with the author directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always a wonderful opportunity for my customers to engage with the author.<\/p>\n
In all cases, I\u2019ve read the book and then I invite the author because I think the book\u2019s a great book to talk about,\u201d Ms Moore said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally I do a Q&A then they read a section that either I like, or they do, and then there\u2019s questions from the audience, it\u2019s very informal.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Biographer\u2019s Lover is a fictional tale about a young writer hired to put together the life story of an unknown artist from Geelong.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about the fictional war artist Edna Cranmer. A brilliant novel about the art of the biography and the fictional story between the biographer and her subject,\u201d Ms Moore said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSerious questions about women\u2019s roles in society are raised along with ideas ofmasculinity and national icons. It\u2019s adult fiction but I could imagine people in their late teens early twenties enjoying it, it\u2019s not specifically for older people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a fantastic book, she\u2019s written this story of two female narratives and it all comes together so well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Moore said it\u2019s always interesting to see what the author thinks or what brought them to write about a subject.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the novel is set on the Mornington Peninsula. It\u2019s pretty wonderful to read a book that\u2019s set in the space which you live, when you\u2019re reading about driving the highway from Melbourne to Geelong you feel the pain.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeelong\u2019s often forgotten about, who\u2019s going to put Geelong as a setting to a novel? Yet it\u2019s just such an amazing place, it\u2019s a place where things have been made and created- it\u2019s beautiful scenic wise.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s really championed Geelong, in a way the forgotten city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event will take place on Friday August 17 at bookgrove, 1\/73 The Terrace, beginning at 6pm.<\/p>\n
For more information call Stacey on 5255 5973 or go to indies.com.au\/bookgrove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ocean Grove\u2019s beloved book shop bookgrove will welcome author Ruby Murray to their latest meet the author event on August 17. Ms Murray who lives in California grew up between Brunswick and Point Lonsdale and has used the Geelong and surrounds as the backdrop for her latest novel, The Biographer\u2019s Lover. Bookgrove owner Stacey Moore […]<\/p>\n