BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250514T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250514T193000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250304T015324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T024750Z UID:62426-1747245600-1747251000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Darcy Tindale 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/darcy-tindale/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/darcy-tindale-sq-promp.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250514T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250514T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250211T002910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T022228Z UID:61905-1747249200-1747252800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Find Your Flow: A Buddhist Guide to an Effortless Life 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/kadampa-meditation-series-14-may-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/square-promo3.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T203000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250210T002600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T222312Z UID:61825-1747423800-1747427400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour\, Ballarat Heritage Festival - NOW FULLY BOOKED 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-bhf-16-may-1/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Night Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_908662326866361-e1708918930337.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T213000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250516T223000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250210T001340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T222405Z UID:61817-1747431000-1747434600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour\, Ballarat Heritage Festival - NOW FULLY BOOKED 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-bhf-16-may-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Night Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_265285705882698-e1708919200874.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250517T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250517T230000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250114T223422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T064422Z UID:61199-1747506600-1747522800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Dinner - This event has now been 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/melba-opera-trust-dinner/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,Australian Heritage Festival,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Important Dates,Live Music,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/about-dame-nellie-melba.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250518T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250518T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250114T215837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T060728Z UID:61189-1747576800-1747584000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Dame Nellie Melba Celebration Performance 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/melba-opera-trust/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Art programs,Australian Heritage Festival,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Classical Music,Important Dates,Live Music,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mot-performance-promo-sq.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250518T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250518T203000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250210T002829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T223444Z UID:61827-1747596600-1747600200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour\, 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-bhf-18-may-1/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Night Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_908662326866361-e1708918930337.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250518T213000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250518T223000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250210T012647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T003042Z UID:61846-1747603800-1747607400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour\, 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-bhf-18-may-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Night Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_265285705882698-e1708919200874.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250520T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250520T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250317T030244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T070405Z UID:62929-1747738800-1747742400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Tour 1 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/day-tours-ballarat-heritage-fest-1/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BMI-woodcut_bags-low-res-1kb-e1703024949185.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250520T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250520T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250113T050453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T070422Z UID:61152-1747749600-1747753200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Tour 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/day-tours-ballarat-heritage-fest/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BMI-woodcut_bags-low-res-1kb-e1703024949185.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250521T110000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250521T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250317T031650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T070359Z UID:62934-1747825200-1747828800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Tour 3 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/day-tours-ballarat-heritage-fest-3/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BMI-woodcut_bags-low-res-1kb-e1703024949185.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250521T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250521T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250408T020418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T022213Z UID:64321-1747854000-1747857600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Healthy Habits for A Happy Mind 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/kadampa-meditation-series-21-may/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Healthy-Habits-square-promo.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250523T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250523T201500 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250409T021703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T060122Z UID:64409-1748025000-1748031300@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Blazing Saddles 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/vegas-70-blazing-saddles/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Film,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/blazing-saddles-sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250523T203000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250523T224500 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250417T020931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T060211Z UID:64570-1748032200-1748040300@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Chinatown 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/vegas-70-chinatown/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Film,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promos-chinatown2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T110000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250520T051053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T034211Z UID:65020-1748080800-1748084400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Whispers from the Garden | In Partnership with Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens Inc. 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/whispers-from-the-garden/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T122000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250417T024436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T035052Z UID:64583-1748080800-1748089200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:The Vegas 70 returns to Ballarat | Ballarat Heritage Festival | Mary Poppins 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/vegas-70-mary-poppins/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Film,Fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promos-mary-poppins.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T163000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250424T001228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T040455Z UID:64688-1748098800-1748104200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Open House Melbourne Presents\, Heritage Conversations: A Life in photos - John Gollings 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/a-life-in-photos-john-gollings/ LOCATION:VIC CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/john-gollings.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Open House Melbourne":MAILTO:info@ohm.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T210000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250423T040828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T060001Z UID:64663-1748116800-1748120400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Wizard Oil and Wonders: Frank Weston the Wizard Oil Prince 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/wizard-oil-and-wonders/ LOCATION:VIC CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Festival,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250525T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250525T173000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250422T011809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T034922Z UID:64638-1748181600-1748194200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Sweet Sounds for the Otways 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/sweet-sounds-of-the-otways/ LOCATION:VIC CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sq-promo-otways.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250528T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250528T193000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250313T021402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T013932Z UID:62648-1748455200-1748460600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Nicole Alexander 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/nicole-alexander/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sq-promo-nicole-alexander.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250528T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250528T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250408T022323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T022528Z UID:64331-1748458800-1748462400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Healthy Habits for A Happy Mind 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/kadampa-meditation-series-28-may/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Healthy-Habits-square-promo.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250529T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250529T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250506T005821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T012923Z UID:64894-1748545200-1748548800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ivan Aristeguieta: All Bangers No Mash 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/ivan-aristeguieta/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BANG_BALL_SQUARE.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250531T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250601T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250409T000912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T012549Z UID:64380-1748685600-1748786400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Winter Book Sale | Stockpile your winter reading 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/book-sale-june-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture,Fundraiser,Library,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/book-sale-winter-sq-promo-pexels-clem-onojeghuo-375892-v2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250531T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250531T214500 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250512T012032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T005051Z UID:64934-1748718000-1748727900@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Sweet Mona's Choir | On Tour: Let the Good Times Roll CD Launch 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/sweet-monas-choir/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SMC-LTGTR-BMI-SquareImage.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250601T094500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250601T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250526T015210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T003449Z UID:65124-1748771100-1748790000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballart Pride Market 2025 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/ballarat-pride-market-25/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Pride,Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ballarat-pride-month-sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250603T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250701T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250113T050930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T053004Z UID:61155-1748959200-1751382000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute | Series 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/day-tours-may-jun-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BMI-woodcut_bags-low-res-1kb-e1703024949185.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250604T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250604T193000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250307T025149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T051907Z UID:62519-1749060000-1749065400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Gail Holmes 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/gail-holmes/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sq-promo-gail-holmes-final.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250604T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250604T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250408T022550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T030106Z UID:64333-1749063600-1749067200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Healthy Habits for A Happy Mind 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/kadampa-meditation-series-4-june/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Healthy-Habits-square-promo.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250611T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250611T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250408T030135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T030337Z UID:64335-1749668400-1749672000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Healthy Habits for A Happy Mind 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/kadampa-meditation-series-11-june/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Healthy-Habits-square-promo.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250612T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250612T210000 DTSTAMP:20260415T111527 CREATED:20250212T023200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T110613Z UID:61968-1749756600-1749762000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | La Chimera 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-la-chimera/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sqaure-promo-bfs4.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR