Kempsey Library: The Stowaway by Mary-Anne O'Connor

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Time & date

10:30am - 12:00pm, 3rd September 2025

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Location

Kempsey Library View map

22 Tozer St, Kempsey, NSW 2440

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Tickets

Bookings Essential

Mary-Anne O’Connor’s The Stowaway is an epic nineteenth-century romantic adventure filled with passion and heartbreak in an age of exploration, danger and opportunity. Hear how discovering the truth of her family’s legendary tale; that her great grandfather was found sitting atop a trunk with his son in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after they were discovered (and jettisoned) as stowaways, was blended into research about a famous Danish explorer to create this epic, windswept adventure. Mary-Anne O’Connor is an Australian author and public speaker and has a combined arts education degree with specialities in environment, music and literature. Bookings essential. This event is on Wednesday 3 September 2025 from 10:30am – 12pm. Copies of Mary-Anne’s book will be available for sale and signing.