
The Reading Room (2.30pm – 4pm)
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This workshop is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution


Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Lest Angels Weep by Phillipa Nefri Clark
Lest Angels Weep Phillipa Nefri Clark Don’t miss Phillipa who will be in conversation with Kate Atkinson talking about Phillipa’s new book at BMI on 29 July at 6pm The new case is cold. Stone cold. Until another murder with striking similarities rocks a remote outback town. Detective Liz Moorland is desperate to get out of Melbourne. Away from the aftermath of shocking events surrounding her team and her father. The heat of the red dirt is a welcome distraction.

Ballarat National Theatre: God of Carnage | A BMI Community Partner
19 June – 22 June | As events are confirmed they will be listed HERE.


Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Every Time She Wakes by Petronella McGovern
Every Time She Wakes Petronella McGovern Don’t miss Petronella who will be in conversation with Paula Gleeson talking about Petronella’s new book at BMI on 20 July at 6pm An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Last Trace. Every Time She Wakes is a taut, time-bending thriller about family, identity and defying fate. When careers counsellor Suze and her family are evacuated from their home during a bushfire emergency, she suddenly realises they’re being kidnapped. The van crashes

Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Seen Again by Benita Bensch
Seen Again: Light On Matrescence Benita Bensch Don’t miss Benita who will be in conversation with Dellaram Vreeland talking about Benita’s new book at BMI on 15 July at 6pm Matrescence is a biological, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual transformation that can leave mothers without the language or support to make sense of who they are. Many feel disconnected or invisible, wondering: Who am I now? Is it normal to feel this way? Blending intimate memoir, eighteen real-life stories and years of coaching into