Meet Laura Elvery
Date & time
Sat 3 May 2025
10:00am to 11:00am
Add to Calendar 2025-05-03 10:00 2025-05-03 11:00 Australia/Brisbane Meet Laura Elvery Mayfair, 1910. At the age of 90, Florence Nightingale is frail and no longer of sound mind. After a celebrated career as a nurse, writer and statistician, she now leads a reclusive existence. One summer evening she is astonished to receive a visitor: a young man named Silas Bradley, who claims to have met her during the Crimean War 55 years ago. But how can this be? And how does the elusive Jean Frawley connect their two lives? In this eagerly anticipated novel, Laura Elvery shows why she is one of the most lauded writers of her generation. Join Laura as she shares her latest novel,&nbsp;<strong><em>Nightingale&nbsp;</em></strong>-&nbsp;a luminous tale of faith and love, bravery and care, and the vitality of women&rsquo;s work. Books will be available for purchase, or bring your copy from home to be signed.&nbsp; Bookings essential. To reserve your place, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/meet-laura-elvery-indooroopilly-library-tickets-1246877988629?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">visit Eventbrite</a> or call the library.&nbsp; Indooroopilly Library, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Level 4, 322 Moggill Road, Indooroopilly
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Age

Young adults, Adults (30+), Seniors

Cost

Free

Mayfair, 1910. At the age of 90, Florence Nightingale is frail and no longer of sound mind. After a celebrated career as a nurse, writer and statistician, she now leads a reclusive existence. One summer evening she is astonished to receive a visitor: a young man named Silas Bradley, who claims to have met her during the Crimean War 55 years ago. But how can this be? And how does the elusive Jean Frawley connect their two lives?

In this eagerly anticipated novel, Laura Elvery shows why she is one of the most lauded writers of her generation. Join Laura as she shares her latest novel, Nightingale - a luminous tale of faith and love, bravery and care, and the vitality of women’s work.

Books will be available for purchase, or bring your copy from home to be signed. 

Bookings essential. To reserve your place, visit Eventbrite or call the library. 

Venue

Indooroopilly Library, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Level 4, 322 Moggill Road, Indooroopilly

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