Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

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2024-05-22 19:00 - 20:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia
In Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson

October 30

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6:00 pm

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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 trick goes awry, who should be in the front row? After solving the cases of his murderous family and an ill-fated train trip filled with crime writers, Ernest Cunningham finds himself slipping back into the shoes of detective to unravel not one but two tricksy crimes. With a suspect covered in blood and no memory of how it got there, a victim impossibly decapitated by a piece of paper, and a cast of characters who are all masters of illusion, this is not panning out to be the Merry Christmas Ernest had hoped for. Someone’s head must roll but as Ernest becomes embroiled in the case, he finds, in an ingenious sleight of hand, this is not a matter of who wanted the victim dead, but who got there first… Everybody Loves a Christmas Spin-Off and this perfectly giftable novella is the star atop the tree. Following the success of Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone and Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect, and their joyful interpretation of The Golden Age Mystery, Benjamin has again turned the genre on its head with this standalone Christmas special. Where we would normally find footprints in the snow and blood on the holly, our detective is instead placed in the Blue Mountains during a scorching December with many a Yuletide clue, from the presents to the advent calendar. In classic Stevenson style we have suspense and devious puzzles, fun and humour, all tied together with a neat bow. When he isn’t writing mysteries, he’s an award-winning comedian who has sold out live shows from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival all the way to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Enquiries: Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au

$10 per person plus booking fee & gst includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. Book on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042

Bookings

Collins Booksellers, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event.

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This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn and create. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.

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