In 1901 the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Set when the women’s suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men.

Pip Williams combines her talent for historical research with beautiful storytelling. She has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary and found a tale of missing words and the lives of women lived between the lines.

This is a free event brought to you by Alexandrina Libraries & South Seas Books & Trading, Port Elliot

Books available for purchase and signing

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Doors open at 1.30 pm

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