The Reading Room (2pm in the Library for a start @ 10.30am – 12noon)
This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution
What a joy it was to have Dervla McTiernan welcomed by a packed house in the Minerva Space last night. Thank you to Lauren, The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, Julie Stevens and her team at Ballarat Libraries Lexie Jeuniewic, Collins Booksellers Ballarat on Lydiard, Geradine Christou & Marilyn Furness and her amazing
Hello everyone. Well things are certainly heating up at the BMI as Ballarat weather cools down. There’s no excuse to be caught out in the cold though, as our welcoming and warm surroundings provide the perfect venue for a variable feast of information and entertainment over the next couple of months. To backtrack a little,
In this issue: Rosemary’s Library New Releases and Recommendations | Message from the Chair | Shindig Success | Annual Appeal | Author Talks | Australian Heritage Festival | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Twilight Talks | Vegas 70 | Live Comedy | Live Gigs | Alfredton Rotary Fundraiser
Sanctuary Garry Disher. Grace is a master thief, specialising in valuable stamps, watches and jewellery. She never stays long in one place, so when she’s recognised at a Brisbane stamp expo, she must go on the run again. But she’d like a shot at a normal life, and settles in the Adelaide Hills, where she
Over the past few years, David has been experimenting with the use of live-play roleplaying game events to explore local Ballarat history and heritage in the community. These have featured events at the past three Ballarat Heritage Festivals featuring the stories Journey to the Southern Cross, What Lies Beneath, William Bailey’s Haunted Mansion and this
Has Anyone Seen Charoltte Salter? Nicci French. 1990When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec’s fiftieth birthday party, her children are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass, Etty, Niall, Paul and Ollie all struggle to come to terms with theirmother’s disappearance. How can anyone just vanish without
2 course dinner & lots
of dancing
