Evening with An Author - John Baker (OKG68)

Thank you to all who have registered to attend our Evening with an Author tonight (Thursday, 26 October) - John Baker(OKG68), author of Stalin's Wine Cellar, in conversation with Scott Whitmont (OKG78).

Venue: Weeks Senior Academy (WSA)Lecture Theatre
When: Commencing at 7pm. The Lecture Theatre doors will open at 6:40pm.

Travelling to the venue
By car: Parking will be available in the Borambil Street Carpark (under the tennis courts). After parking, enter the WSA via the Fire Safety Door (on the right-hand wall of the carpark as you face north).

Public transport: If travelling by train, disembark at Warrawee and enter the Senior Campus via Borambil Gate 2A. Entry to the WSA is through the single glass door, first on your left.

Event signs will be displayed in the WSA to direct you to the WSA Lecture Theatre (Level 3, Room A-301).

A lift is available for use by those with mobility concerns.

If you have pre-ordered Stalin's Wine Cellar, please see OKGA staff in the Lecture Theatre to collect your book(s).

It's not too late to register:
TICKETS: Adults $20, Students $10
You can book for up to 7 adults and 4 students via the website. Please call the OKGA Office (9487 0419) if you wish to book additional tickets.

Stalin's Wine Cellar will be available to purchase at the event (at RRP of $24.99)

All proceeds from this event go to the Old Boys for Old Boys Program

About the Book
Read the Review by Scott Whitmont (OKG78)

"Stalin's Wine Cellar is one of the most extraordinary, improbable, and fascinating stories about wine that I have ever read."
Quill & Pad

"It's all very entertaining – even if you know nothing about wine." Australian Financial Review

According to ABC Conversations (in the introduction to John Baker's conversation with Richard Fidler):
"In 1998, John Baker was a wine merchant in a wealthy Sydney harbourside suburb. One day he was sent a list of wine bottles with obscure names, attached to a note that asked, "Interested?" He soon realised he was looking at a list of some of the most valuable French wines in the world. It was a collection assembled by the Czars of Russia which had been hidden away by Josef Stalin in the faraway republic of Georgia. John was sent to find the cellar, accompanied by armed bodyguards, and see if he could somehow bring these antique wine bottles to auction."

Enquiries: OKGA Office 02 9487 0419