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  • Twilight Talks 2025, Season 3, Spring Season | Into the Dragon’s Den, The Chinese community in Bendigo

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    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    17/09/2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9.73 – $13.83 Bar open at 5pm $9.73 – $13.83 Humffray Room Get tickets Saving Dragons: The Life and Times of Russell Goldfield (Louey Yeung Man) Jack by Dianne Dempsey Russell Jack, the visionary founder of the internationally renowned Golden Dragon Museum, spent his life breaking barriers and preserving the history of the Chinese Australian community. Growing up…

    $9.73 – $13.83

  • In Conversation with Chrissie Bellbrae

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    18/09/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Florentine QuiltChrissie Bellbrae ‘Breath-taking settings, strong female characters, mystery, intrigue and romance ... The Florentine Quilt has it all, and will keep you up turning the pages long after your usual bedtime.’ - Pamela Cook, author, writing coach and podcaster. 'Three women connected in time to a medieval quilt and an ancient…

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  • In Conversation with Paula Gleeson

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    25/09/2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Boney Creek: A ThrillerPaula Gleeson 'Smart, twisty...thriller, you won't want to miss...' - Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Glass When several small-town locals die under mysterious circumstances, an aspiring journalist is determined to prove the connection between them, only to discover the dangerous secrets they…

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  • In Conversation with Rozzi Bazzani

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    01/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets One NightRozzi Bazzani One Night - Two Bodies - Three Crimes When Detective Sergeant Bec Harpin answers a call for help from her friend, barrister Carolyn Moorhouse, she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of an investigation that threatens to derail her career. Not only does Bec have to decide how…

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  • In Conversation with J Mary Masters *This event has now been CANCELLED*

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    21/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Winds of Change J Mary Masters Book 5 in the Belleville Family Series As a shocking betrayal unravels, a child's future hangs in the balance. Cracks appear within the Belleville family. Against this background, a new house will rise from the ashes but not bbefore the old house gives up its…

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  • Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel ‘The Swift Dark Tide’ in conversation with Kelly Gardiner

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    05/11/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Free Minerva Space Get Tickets Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel In conversation Join Katia Ariel for an intimate conversation about her 2024 Stella shortlisted debut The Swift Dark Tide and her second novel Ferryman:…

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  • Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi ‘Cactus Pear For My Beloved’ in conversation with Fatima Measham

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    05/11/2025 @ 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm Free Minerva Space Get Tickets Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature. Cactus Pear for my Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza by Samah Sabawi In conversation 2025 Stella shortlisted author Samah Sabawi is joined by Fatima Measham to…

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  • In Conversation with Rachael Johns

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    06/11/2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Lucky SistersRachael Johns The breakout blockbuster of the year - a deeply moving novel about life, death and the miracles in between, by the award-winning author of The Patterson Girls. The Lucky Sisters...Will their luck run out... What would you do if you thought each day on earth might just be…

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  • In Conversation with Margaret Hickey

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    18/11/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets An Ill Wind Margaret Hickey A Small Town Divided - Secrets Are Blown Apart Author of Cutters End and Stone Town High on a hill above the small fictional Victorian town of Carrabeen, 300 wind turbines constantly spin. All except for one, now deadly still with a limp body hanging from one…

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  • An Evening with Peter FitzSimons AM

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    20/11/2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Minerva Room Get Tickets The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop: Surgeon, prisoner-of-war, life -saving leader and legend of the Thai-Burma RailwayPeter FitzSimons Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer Peter FitzSimons AM will be in Ballarat to celebrate his latest book about Weary Dunlop.Peter FitzSimons AM is Australia's bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 39 years has…

  • In Conversation with William McInnes

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    02/12/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets It's a Scorcher: Tales of the Australian Summer William McInnes Join actor and bestselling author William McInnes in conversation to talk all about his new book It’s a Scorcher: Tales of the Australian Summer – a collection of hilarious and heartwarming stories about those magical, roastingly hot summer months. There is something about…

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  • BMI Christmas Book Sale

    Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    06/12/2025 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Free Lending Library Don’t miss our book sale this weekend.Admission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday, all day Sunday). There are hundreds of books – some of which are in gently used condition and some in mint condition – and many start at $5. And it’s not just books – there are  DVDs, photo…

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