What: Author Meredith Jaffé will be in conversation with Library staff about her latest book, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison. Inspired by real events, the novel is a poignantly comic story about a men’s prison sewing circle and as unlikely as it sounds, it’s based on a real men’s sewing organisation, Fine Cell Work, which operates in prisons throughout the British Isles teaching inmates needlework and quilting.
On hearing about the UK men’s sewing charity Meredith went down a long and deep rabbit hole of research and discovered many of the Fine Cell Work pieces are of an incredible standard and can be found hanging in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Buckingham Palace, and Elton John’s home. The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison takes this grain of fact and weaves a story of finding humanity, friendship and redemption in the most unexpected of places.
When: Tuesday 8 June, 12.30pm to 1.30pm. FREE event.
Where: Goulburn-Mulwarree Library, 184-194 Bourke Street, Goulburn NSW 2580.
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