Geraldine Doogue is a guest of Cairns Tropical Writers Festival, held at Rydges Tradewinds.

In her new book, The Climb: Conversations with Australian Women in Power, Geraldine turns her attention to an issue central to our times. How are we, as women, represented at the top levels of power in Australia?

In candid and personal conversations with fourteen women leading the way in fields as wide-ranging as business, politics, religion, education and the armed forces, Doogue gets to the heart of what it means to be a woman in power in Australia.