Books at the Brewery – Peter FitzSimons
Prolific and much-loved author, Peter FitzSimons brings us a new and thoroughly researched book: The Legend of of Albert Jacka.
The Legend of Albert Jacka takes us from the brutal shores of Gallipoli to the battlefields of France and is the epic story of the first Australian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross in WW1.
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FitzSimons is a master storyteller and we’re looking forward to welcoming him to The Taproom for a night of just that!
About the author:
Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 35 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and the SUN-HERALD.
He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including BREAKER MORANT, BURKE AND WILLS, MONASH'S MASTERPIECE, KOKODA, NED KELLY and GALLIPOLI, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history.
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Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife Lisa Wilkinson AM - journalist, magazine editor and television presenter - have three children; they live in Sydney.
Date: Wednesday December 4 2024
Time: 6 00pm for a 6 30pm start and 8 30pm finish (including signing)
Venue: Shedshaker Brewery, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine 3450
Cost: $15
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