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Lorraine Smith - Journey of a Lost Manuscript

Author Talk

2024-07-18 13:00:00 2024-07-18 14:00:00 Australia/Melbourne Lorraine Smith - Journey of a Lost Manuscript Bookshop owner and author Lorraine Smith reveals the results of her eighteen months of research in this fascinating easy-to-read narrative. Corio Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, July 18
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-07-18 13:00:00 2024-07-18 14:00:00 Australia/Melbourne Lorraine Smith - Journey of a Lost Manuscript Bookshop owner and author Lorraine Smith reveals the results of her eighteen months of research in this fascinating easy-to-read narrative. Corio Library - Meeting Room

Corio Library

Meeting Room

Bookshop owner and author Lorraine Smith reveals the results of her eighteen months of research in this fascinating easy-to-read narrative.

In 2014 a customer in a Warrnambool second hand bookshop found a sixteenth century parchment from Yorkshire inside a copy of Alice in Wonderland.

Book shop owner and author Lorraine Smith joins us to reveal the fascinating results of her 18 months of research into this old world discovery.

Now, 100 years after the parchment was brought to Australia, Lorraine and husband Neil are taking it back ‘home’ to Yorkshire where it will be donated to the West Yorkshire Archives.

Book sales and book signing will be available at the event.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Talks |

TAGS: | recommended |

Corio Library

Phone: (03) 4201 0658

Hours

Corio Library

Mon, May 05 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Tue, May 06 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Wed, May 07 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Thu, May 08 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, May 09 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, May 10 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 11 2:00PM to 5:00PM

Tel: (03) 4201 0658

About the Library

This busy and vibrant branch serves Geelong’s northern suburbs. Highlights of this branch include zoned areas for study, reading and children’s activities, bilingual picture books, LOTE (Languages other than English) magazines, a learning English collection, World DVDs and a parenting collection. The library has a large meeting room for community hire, a range of accessibility features and a dedicated makerspace enabling discovery and creativity. Regular Baby, Toddler, Inclusive and Preschool Story Time sessions are held here, as well as events and programs for adults taking place throughout the year. 

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