L5 IMAGINATION ROOM
Bringing a Dead Pirate Back to Life

Elaine Forrestal (Author)

Using research documents and rare photographs, Elaine Forrestal will discuss the writing of her historical fiction, Black Jack Anderson, who was Western Australia's only pirate and the scourge of the Southern Ocean between 1826 and 1835.In the process, this complex man and his motley crew were brought back to life.

Part of: Writers & Illustrators Conference