In Conversation with Margaret Hickey

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

August 8 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 The Creeper by Margaret Hickey. The chilling new mystery novel from the award-winning author of bestsellers Cutters End, Stone Town and Broken Bay. Victim ... or killer? For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high country has been haunted by the horrific murders of five […]

$10

In Conversation with Anna Romer

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

August 20 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 The Ghost of Briar Rose Anna Romer Everyone says the old mountainside house is haunted. Which is perfect because ghost hunter Cleary Branchwood knows it’s easy money. He’ll buy the propertydirt  cheap, flush out the poor wretch of a ghost they call Briar Rose, and resell […]

$10

In Conversation with J.P. Pomare

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

September 4 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 17 Years Later: Who really killed the Primrose family by J.P. Pomare. The unputdownable new bestseller by multi-award-winning author J. P. Pomare. Who killed the wealthy Primrose family? The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation. Their young live-in chef, Bill […]

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In Conversation with T.L.W. Robb | From The Top: From Ballarat to Baghdad

Hugh Williamson Foyer, Level 1

September 19 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm $10 Heritage Reading Room From the Top T.L.W. Robb. From Ballarat to Baghdad - an extraordinary life. Traveller - Outlaw - Producer. A moving and inspiring memoir of a young man and his journey from Ballarat, Australia, to the international stage where he and his partner Luis […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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