Join bestselling author Cathy Converse at the Maritime Museum of BC for an afternoon of sailing stories and maritime adventures to celebrate the launch of her new book, Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer.
Friday, May 12 | 4:00 pm
Maritime Museum of BC | 744 Douglas Street | Victoria, B.C.
Free with Museum admission ($10)
Save your spot by registering here: https://store.mmbc.bc.ca/collections/digital-programs/products/book-launch-frances-barkley-by-cathy-converse
Books will be available for sale & signing
Everyone welcome!
Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer is a riveting re-telling of the voyages of Frances Barkley (1769–1845), who as a young woman travelled the world on a trading mission with her sea captain husband. The book is not simply a re-issue of Frances’s own reminiscences, but a work of creative non-fiction—an extensive reimagining of her time at sea, supplemented through extensive historical, geographic, and nautical research.