MEET JAN 'YARN' WOSITZKY THE MAN TOMMY WOODCOCK TOLD HIS LIFE STORY TO
Written by
Laura Mullins
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24th October, 2011
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Meet Jan 'Yarn' Wositzky, the author of Me & Phar Lap, The remarkable life of Tommy Woodcock, at Stoneman's Bookroom in Castlemaine, this Saturday October 29, from 11am-12pm. Racing lovers will get the chance to hear the local writer, storyteller and musician discuss the book and get their copies signed.
Jan will also sing the song Jim Pike (the tribute song about Phar Lap’s jockey), which started his relationship with the late Tommy Woodcock, when they met in 1984, after Woodcock was in the audience at one of Jan’s storytelling shows. Jan will then play excerpts from Me & Phar Lap, The Tommy Woodcock Tapes – a CD set of audio recordings, with Woodcock telling his story.
The book details the life and times of Phar Lap’s famous strapper. “I was lucky to be there when it came time for him to sum up his life, and pass it on as it fell from the tongue of a wonderful storyteller,” Jan explains.
Me & Phar Lap is the result of a fortnight the two men spent together on a farm in Yarrawonga not long before Woodcock died. The book also includes the most extensive report on Phar Lap’s death ever published.
Date: Saturday October 29
Time: 11am-12 noon
Location: Stoneman's Bookroom, 101 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine, VIC 3450
Me & Phar Lap, The remarkable life of Tommy Woodcock is out now. Also check out the chapter sample available to read.