Loading Events

Ballarat Libraries in partnership with BMI

Meet Ann Cleeves
Meet Ann Cleeves on her 2022 Australian tour as she discusses Vera Stanhope’sreturn in her newest book, The Rising Tide.
Ann Cleeves is the creator of popular detictives Vera Stanhome (ITV’s Vera), Jimmy Perez (BBC One’s Shetland), and Matthew Venn IITV’s The Long Call).
 
Bookings are essential. Contact the Ballarat Library on 5338 6850.
Ann Cleeves

More about Ann

Jock Serong

More about the Jock

This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution

Rosemary’s Book of the Week

The First Law of the Bush Geoff Parkes Don’t miss Goeff & Susi Fox at the BMI on Wednesday 28 December at 6pm From the author of When the Deep, Dark Bush Swallows You Whole Reserve > The First Law of the Bush | Geoff Parkes Library Membership > Coming soon… find out more Get Tickets

Read More »

Ballarat Craft and Design Week: Bound

1 – 10 May 2026 Ballarat is set to launch a bold new chapter in its creative journey with the inaugural Ballarat Craft and Design Week, taking place 1-10 May 2026 at the historic Mining Exchange. Building on the success of the much-loved Craft Lab program, this new event responds to the growing needs of

Read More »

Newsletter – January 2026

Rosemary’s New Releases and Recommendations | Author Talks – Live Music – Public Talk – Art Workshop | The digital version of the newsletter will be available here after 5.15pm today. The interactive PDF is available here.

Read More »

Rosemary’s Book of the Week

The House of Doors Tan Twan Eng Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. But in 1921 he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business interests that have gone badly awry. He is also struggling to write. His friend Robert Hamlyn offers an escape in the

Read More »

Rosemary’s Book of the Week

Lost and Found Liz Byrski Rose Walters has never taken a leap of faith quite like this one.She is flying home to England for the first time in decades to search for her first love. But what she finds there is far from what she expected.When Rose turns up at her door, Dora Stutchbury is

Read More »