Lunch Hour Talks
CLEO LYNCH
Topic: Careering into Corrections — from housewife to prison officer
Date: Thursday 20 June 2019
Suburban housewife and mother Cleo Lynch, midway through an Arts degree majoring in Medieval English, experienced a life-changing event leading to a career in the NSW prison system. She became the inaugural manager of the first pre-release community-based facility for women in this jurisdiction.
In her memoir, Cleo tracks her career in corrections from its catalysts, through its various stages and locations, until her retirement 16 years later.
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ANNE BENJAMIN
Topic: Saffron and Silk – An Australian in India
Date: Thursday 21 March 2019
Anne Benjamin’s book opens with a wedding between unlikely lovers: an Indian-born development worker and a Catholic academic from Sydney who left the predictability of life in Australia to live in the South Indian city of Chennai.
Anne Benjamin is a Sydney-based writer, poet and educator. Her work in India included programs focused on women and their development. Anne will share some of her experiences living and working in India during a tumultuous period in its history.
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