Book launch: Fleeced with Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw

Name: Book launch: Fleeced with Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw
Start: 2025-07-31T18:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-07-31T19:00:00+10:00
Location: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

National Library of Australia

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Thu, 31 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm

1 hour

Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

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Thu, 31 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm (AEST)

Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT, Australian Capital Territory 2600

Canberra Lake Cruises, Parkes Pl, Parkes ACT 2600, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia

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Book launch: Fleeced with Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw

Join authors Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw as they discuss their new book, Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War.

Drawing extensively on the National Library’s collections, Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War explores how, throughout history, heightened demand for wool in wartime existed in a vortex of negotiation, intrigue and anxiety.

Learn more and book here: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/book-launch-fleeced-trish-fitzsimons-and-madelyn-shaw

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Book launch: Fleeced with Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025 at 06:00 pm