BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.16.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20210403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20211002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20220402T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20221001T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220719T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220719T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220719T222213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T223524Z UID:20401-1658239200-1658242800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-19-july-2022-copy/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220720T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220720T143000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220418T233225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220627T214254Z UID:18281-1658313000-1658327400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Paper bead-making with Faye Heininger | 20 July - Session 1 of 2 | Now fully booked DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/paper-bead-making-with-faye-heininger-20-july/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,BMI Produced Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_1508-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220725T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220725T190000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220609T043335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T034816Z UID:19402-1658768400-1658775600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:BMI Fundraiser | Carols in Winter | Ballarat Singers & Little Brass Band DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/carols-in-winter/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Carols-banner-final-v2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220726T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220726T120000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220629T051619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T052138Z UID:19799-1658831400-1658836800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Reading Room | 26 July DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-reading-room-26-july/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-reading-room-event-header-final-e1640069925423.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220726T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220726T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220719T222414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T223509Z UID:20403-1658844000-1658847600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-26-july-2022-copy/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220727T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220727T123000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220419T014429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220627T214102Z UID:18302-1658917800-1658925000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Paper bead-making with Faye Heininger | 27 July - Session 2 of 2 | Now fully booked DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/paper-bead-making-with-faye-heininger-27-july-session-2/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,BMI Produced Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/IMG_1508-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220728T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220728T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220629T045708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T023250Z UID:19781-1659013200-1659020400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Current Affairs Dialogue | Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/current-affairs-dialogue-1/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Current-Affairs-logo-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220802T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20221024T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220801T223637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T004102Z UID:20986-1659434400-1666623600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Invention\, innovation & environment display DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/innovation-environment/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/twilight-talks-2022-season-2-banner-e1664508717818.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220802T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220802T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220719T222720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T223449Z UID:20404-1659448800-1659452400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-2-august-2022-copy/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220809T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220809T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220719T222830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T053726Z UID:20405-1660053600-1660057200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-9-august-2022-copy/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220811T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220811T213000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220803T063454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220803T064057Z UID:21164-1660244400-1660253400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society - Little Woods DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-little-woods/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/little-woods-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220816T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220816T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220719T222923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T054226Z UID:20406-1660658400-1660662000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-16-august-2022-copy/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220818T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220818T193000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220711T011609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220721T223736Z UID:20175-1660847400-1660851000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ann Cleeves | In Conversation with Jock Serong | Now fully booked DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/meet-ann-cleeves/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Culture,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ann-Cleeves-Digital-Signage-slide.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220818T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220818T193000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20221003T004324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221003T004324Z UID:22950-1660847400-1660851000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ann Cleeves | In Conversation with Jock Serong | Now fully booked Copy DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/meet-ann-cleeves-copy/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Culture,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ann-Cleeves-Digital-Signage-slide.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220823T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220823T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220719T223033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T053930Z UID:20407-1661263200-1661266800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-23-august-2022-copy/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220825T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220825T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220731T224648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220802T053154Z UID:20932-1661432400-1661439600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Current Affairs Dialogue | Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/current-affairs-dialogue-2/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Current-Affairs-logo-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220830T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220830T120000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220731T224848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220731T225133Z UID:20934-1661855400-1661860800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Reading Room | 30 August DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-reading-room-30-august/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-reading-room-event-header-final-e1640069925423.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220830T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220830T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220712T011044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T223118Z UID:20271-1661868000-1661871600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-30-august-2022/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220906T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220906T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220804T054836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T055052Z UID:21278-1662472800-1662476400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-september-1/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220907T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220907T190000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220601T234949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T231755Z UID:19204-1662570000-1662577200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2022 | Season 2 | Session 1 DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-2-session-1/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tt-banner-22-2-e1654128079849.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220913T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220913T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102415 CREATED:20220804T055128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T055309Z UID:21280-1663077600-1663081200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-september-2/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220914T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220914T190000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220602T003246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T232229Z UID:19225-1663174800-1663182000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2022 | Season 2 | Session 2 DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-2-session-2/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tt-banner-22-2-e1654128079849.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220917T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220917T190000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220913T033019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T033156Z UID:21690-1663434000-1663441200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:'Mine-Field' Documentary Screening + QnA DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/mine-field/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Externally Produced Event,Film,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-13-at-11.56.24-e1663039747360.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220920T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220920T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220804T055319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T055512Z UID:21283-1663682400-1663686000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-september-3/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220921T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220921T190000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220617T002729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T232606Z UID:19228-1663779600-1663786800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2022 | Season 2 | Session 3 DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-2-session-3/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tt-banner-22-2-e1654128079849.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220927T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220927T120000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220915T231915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T233443Z UID:21780-1664274600-1664280000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Reading Room | 27 September 2022 DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-reading-room-22-september-2022/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-reading-room-event-header-final-e1640069925423.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220927T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220927T120000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220930T060631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221124T033024Z UID:22917-1664274600-1664280000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Reading Room | NOW CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-reading-room-2/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-reading-room-event-header-final-e1640069925423.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220927T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220927T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220804T055529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220804T055733Z UID:21285-1664287200-1664290800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-september-4/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tours-banner-draft-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220928T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220928T190000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220602T003737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T233638Z UID:19231-1664384400-1664391600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2022 | Season 2 | Session 4 DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-2-session-4/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tt-banner-22-2-e1654128079849.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220929T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220929T150000 DTSTAMP:20260618T102416 CREATED:20220915T231913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T233104Z UID:21779-1664456400-1664463600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Current Affairs Dialogue | Discussion Group DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 11\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Marriage Trap \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In 1960s Australia\, the scent of freedom is in the air… \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From bestselling Australian author\, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters\, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of great change; the effects of the pill\, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women… as\, alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles\, they embrace freedom. The ideal Mother’s Day gift. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1960s Adelaide: The Langley family – Olive\, Len and their two daughters\, twenty-year-old Cathy and ten-year-old Evelyn – live a peaceful suburban life\, although Grandma Langley turns up each Sunday lunch like a bad fairy to castigate them for their dubious morals. \n \n Cathy\, training to be a teacher\, thinks women have it tough. No sex until marriage\, then no work\, child after child and the sacrifice of their desires to church\, husband and family. Cathy is determined not to marry right away. Once married\, it’s all over. A life no longer her own. Young Evelyn wants to be a fairy princess … until she sees for herself the price women pay for such dreams. When the new contraceptive pill arrives women can suddenly sense freedom. But powerful forces are aligned against women’s reproductive choice and a fight begins. A fight that takes on their own doctors\, the might of the Catholic church\, and the outdated morality of previous generations. For readers of Lessons in Chemistry. \n \n Victoria Purman on the inspiration behind The Marriage Trap:‘This was really informed by my own love of putting women forward in Australian history and also was inspired by the stories of real women who shared their experiences of that time with me. And I’ve incorporated them into the book.’ \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the author \n \n \n Victoria Purman | Photo Cath Leo.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author. Both of her last two books The Radio Hour and A Woman’s Work\, were Australian bestsellers\, as were her novels The Nurses’ War\, The Women’s Pages\, The Land Girls and The Last of the Bonegilla Girls. She is a regular guest at writers festivals\, a mentor and workshop presenter and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. \n \n Victoria is based in Adelaide SA\, but will be touring to NSW\, SA and VIC. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/current-affairs-dialogue-3/ LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Current-Affairs-logo-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR