Outrageous Fortunes with Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex

Name: Outrageous Fortunes with Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex
Start: 2025-02-25T18:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-02-25T20:00:00+11:00
Location: 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350

Tue Feb 25 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC+11:00

117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3350 | Ballarat

Publisher/HostBallaarat Mechanics' Institute

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Outrageous Fortunes with Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex

The gripping story of Australia’s first female crime writer and her career-criminal son.
When Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent herself. The Victorian goldfields were just the place.
‘Mary Fortune’s bold fictions electrified colonial Australia. But her own story, pieced together by two tenacious literary detectives, was best of all.’ —Gideon Haigh
‘A fine introduction to the author and her work.’ —Garry Disher
Attendee price: $10 bookings essential incl. light refreshment. Tickets can also be purchased
at the Library.