In Conversation with Chris Hammer

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

October 21 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm $10 Humffray Room The Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father | The love of a daughter | The secrets that divide them. The international bestselling author of: Scrublands & The Seven The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven. Nell Buchanan and […]

$10

Collins Booksellers on Lydiard | In conversation with John Safran

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

October 26 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Free Humffray Room Squat John Safran. An unmissable opportunity to hear John Safran recount his time squatting in a celebrity’s abandoned mansion. Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to Collins Booksellers on Lydiard Free. Bookings Collins Booksellers, Ballart on Lydiard This event takes place on […]

Free

In Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson

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

October 30 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret Benjamin Stevenson. Strap yourself in for Christmas hijinks, done the way only Benjamin Stevenson can.’ Hayley Scrivenor An ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery. - Sunday Times When a Christmas show takes a dark turn after a magician’s guillotine […]

$10

In Conversation with Tea Cooper

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

November 11 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room The Golden Thread Tea Cooper. Intricate threads from the past and the present bind together a yellow silk dress, lost gold and a missing grandmother in a twisty historical mystery from the bestselling author of: The Talented Mrs Greenway. Maitland, 1889 When nineteen-year-old Constance […]

$10
Devonshire Tea & Fashion Parade

Champagne on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2025 Calendar

Featuring the BMI Image Collection | $40

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