Cascades Female Factory, Nov 8, 10.30am: Edges of Empire

Judith Wood Book Distribution Manager Convict Women’s Press Inc.

CONVICT WOMEN’S PRESS INC

invites you to celebrate the publication of

From the Edges of Empire: Convict Women From Beyond the British Isles

Edited by Lucy Frost & Colette McAlpine

to be launched by The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Alderman Sue Hickey

Yard 1, the Cascades Female Factory 16 Degraves Street, South Hobart on Sunday, 8 November 2015, at 10.30am

refreshments will be served

family and friends welcome

More details …

From the Edges of Empire: Convict Women From Beyond the British Isles
Edited by Lucy Frost & Colette McAlpine
Published by Convict Women’s Press Inc.

WHEN: SUNDAY 8 November 2015, at 10.30am
WHERE: Cascades Female Factory
Yard 1, 16 Degraves St, South Hobart, Tasmania

Launched by the Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Hobart, Alderman Sue Hickey

From the Edges of Empire, the fifth book to be published by the highly successful Tasmanian not-for-profit publishing company Convict Women’s Press Inc. This book provides a new and previously unknown perspective on Australia’s convict history. It tells the remarkable stories of women transported to Australia who were born or tried outside the British Isles. The stirring accounts of these women’s lives in Australia remind us that the colonies were from their beginning populated by people from many cultures.

Edges of Empire includes 15 stories from 14 authors, from family historians to award-winning historians. Some of these include Alison Alexander, winner of the National Biography Award for her book on Jane Franklin, Cassandra Pybus, author of 11 books, and Ralph Crane who has written or edited 21 books. The editors will be available for interview on the day.

For more information: http://www.convictwomenspress.com.au/