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The Mesmerist

3 July 2007

The Mesmerist

Fans of historical fiction should mark Monday 16 July on their calendars if they fancy a trip through Barbara Ewing's nineteenth-century Bloomsbury.

The New Zealand-born actress and author will be in Wellington to promote her new book, The Mesmerist, in which actress Cordelia Preston sets herself up as a phreno-mesmerist, advising couples on their compatability and enlightening women on 'The Gentle Intricacies of the Wedding Night'.

Join the entertaining and lively Barbara Ewing at this New Zealand Book Council event.

The Mesmerist
Monday 16 July
7.00pm-8.00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre One, Rutherford House, Bunny Street, Thorndon
Tickets: Book Council members $10.50, Students/unwaged $13, Non-members $16

Book online at www.bookcouncil.org.nz

ENDS


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