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SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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UID:35687-1683739800-1683745200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2\, Session 2
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-season-2-ballarat-heritage-festival-4/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,The Collection,Twilight Talks
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T053446Z
UID:39816-1684245600-1684249200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-heritage-2/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230518T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230518T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230202T030347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T011423Z
UID:33952-1684438200-1684443600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society - A Hero (Ghahreman)
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-ahero/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230519T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230519T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230322T052316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T002837Z
UID:35957-1684492200-1684497600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:The Heritage Collection | Special Program
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-heritage-collection-special-program/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230519T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230519T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230323T224741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T035806Z
UID:36150-1684494000-1684512000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-at-the-ballaarat-mechanics-institute-exhibition/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230520T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230520T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230323T232803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T040203Z
UID:36181-1684580400-1684598400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230520T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230520T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230411T234830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T020449Z
UID:37851-1684584000-1684616400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Victorian Pinup Pageant 2023 & Revue de Ballarat
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/victorian-pinup-pageant-2023-and-revue-de-ballarat-her-majestys/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Externally Produced Event,Theatre Production
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230520T235500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T010000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230323T221229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T010919Z
UID:36126-1684626900-1684630800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours | Ballarat Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/minervas-secrets-night-tours-ballarat-heritage-festival/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230403T063758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T045333Z
UID:37129-1684665000-1684670400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:The Ballarat Courier Collection | Special Programs
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-ballarat-courier-collection-special-programs/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004335
CREATED:20230403T233853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T040910Z
UID:37166-1684666800-1684684800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-copy/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230404T041607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T041835Z
UID:37396-1684677600-1684684800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Life Drawing in the Basement
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/life-drawing-in-the-basement-copy-copy-2/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T221945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T011211Z
UID:36143-1684695600-1684699200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours | Ballarat Heritage Festival (Originally scheduled 9pm-10pm)
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/minervas-secrets-night-tours-ballarat-heritage-festival-2/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230521T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230322T052457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T053759Z
UID:35962-1684695600-1684702800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Life Drawing in the Basement (this event now cancelled)
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/life-drawing-in-the-basement-copy/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230403T064019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T045241Z
UID:37131-1684751400-1684756800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Baron von Mueller Collection | Special Programs
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/baron-von-mueller-collection-special-programs/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T143000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230328T020210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T042439Z
UID:36634-1684751400-1684765800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Cataloguing workshop | AMaGa | Geraldine Brault
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/cataloguing-workshop-amaga-geraldine-brault/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230522T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T232402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T042634Z
UID:36178-1684753200-1684771200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230523T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230523T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230321T000449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T050827Z
UID:35640-1684837800-1684843200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2\, Session 4 | Ballarat Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-season-2-ballarat-heritage-festival-2/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,The Collection,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230523T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230523T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T233214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T043831Z
UID:36186-1684839600-1684857600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibitiion/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230516T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230516T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230515T053426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T053446Z
UID:39816-1684245600-1684249200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-heritage-2/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230523T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230523T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T222238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T011342Z
UID:36146-1684868400-1684872000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tours | Ballarat Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/minervas-secrets-night-tours-ballarat-heritage-festival-3/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230524T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230524T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230403T064213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T045148Z
UID:37133-1684924200-1684929600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:The Artwork of the BMI | Special Programs
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-artwork-of-the-bmi-special-programs/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230524T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230524T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T233445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T050020Z
UID:36189-1684926000-1684944000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-3/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230524T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230524T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230321T000642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230505T003752Z
UID:35642-1684949400-1684954800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2\, Session 5 | Ballarat Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-season-2-ballarat-heritage-festival-3/
LOCATION:Chinese Library\, 200 Sturt Street
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,The Collection,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230525T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230525T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230403T064243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230710T032706Z
UID:37134-1685010600-1685016000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:The Photography of the BMI | Special Programs
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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-photography-of-the-bmi-special-programs/
LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230525T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230525T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T233604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T051119Z
UID:36191-1685012400-1685030400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-4/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230526T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230526T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T233725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T051509Z
UID:36193-1685098800-1685116800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-5/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230527T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230527T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230323T233037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T052035Z
UID:36184-1685185200-1685203200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-6/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230528T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230528T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230403T234034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T052243Z
UID:37168-1685271600-1685289600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Living Heritage Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/living-heritage-ballaarat-mechanics-exhibition-copy-copy/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Exhibition,The Collection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230528T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230528T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T004336
CREATED:20230322T052852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T052627Z
UID:35966-1685282400-1685289600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Life Drawing in the Basement
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare 				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n																														\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n							\n			\n		\n						\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n		\n			March 10\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						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									The Hiding Place 								\n				\n						\n					\n			\n							\n		\n					\n		\n				\n									Kate Mildenhall 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. 								\n				\n									White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n						\n		\n						\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n							\n						\n				\n									The Gambler 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									J. P. Pomare 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later 								\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n									PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? 								\n				\n									PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN 								\n				\n																														\n				\n							\n			\n		\n						\n				\n					About the authors				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n									Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  								\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n												\n																					Kate Mildenhall\, author\n										\n									\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n												\n																					\n										\n									\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n									J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. 								\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\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				\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/life-drawing-in-the-basement-copy-copy-copy/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture
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