BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Geelong Regional Libraries X-WR-CALNAME:Geelong Regional Libraries BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9bde2120-5bbc-454b-8593-f9d1b26842e5 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260725T135138Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231121T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20231121T150000 SUMMARY:Lorraine Smith - Journey of a Lost Manuscript LOCATION:Bannockburn Library\nBannockburn Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bannockburn Library;X-APPL E-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Bannockburn Library:geo:-38.0469156,144.1707324 GEO:-38.0469156;144.1707324 DESCRIPTION:Bookshop owner and author Lorraine Smith reveals\nthe results of her eighteen months of research in this\nfascinating easy-to-read narra tive..\nhttps://grlc.libnet.info/event/9053838 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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

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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.

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Lorraine Smith studied Applied Science\, specializing in chemistry\, at university and qualified as a mathematics and science teacher. After a career in teaching and rais ing a family of four children with her husband Neil\, her love of books le d her to opening a second hand bookshop in Warrnambool in the year 2000. T his book is her third foray in writing non-fiction\, having written her fa mily history in 2013 and co-written Warrnambool\, a Photographic View< /em> \;with Neil in 2015.

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

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If you need anything in order to parti cipate in this event\, please contact events@grlc.vic.gov.au at least two weeks prior to the event date.

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