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:20250831T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250831T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250722T023048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T030553Z UID:66327-1756645200-1756648800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:A Poet's Guide to Love and Loss | A Ballarat Arts Foundation fundraiser featuring tenor Douglas Kelly 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-poets-guide-to-love-and-loss/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Live Music,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/victorian-opera-sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250901T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250901T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250711T023001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T001637Z UID:66163-1756749600-1756755000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Gabriel Bergmoser 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/gabriel-bergmoser/ 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/2025/07/gabriel-bergmoser-sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250903T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250903T183000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250728T035749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T031406Z UID:66371-1756920600-1756924200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Ballarat's Henry Lawson\, Unknown facts presented by Hedley Thomson DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 10\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Hiding Place \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect \n \n \n \n \n \n \n They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. \n \n White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Gambler \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J. P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? \n \n PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the authors \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall\, author\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. Book on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-henry-lawson/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/square-promo-2025.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250903T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250903T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250813T042810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T042930Z UID:66936-1756926000-1756929600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Power of Concentration 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-3-september-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promo-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250904T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250904T190000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250603T000019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T233613Z UID:64998-1757008800-1757012400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Tracey Lee Holmes: A Life Through Sport 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/bmi-twc-tracey-lee-holmes/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Culture,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/sq-promo-tracey-holmes-v4.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250906T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250907T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250409T010714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T075721Z UID:64397-1757152800-1757253600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Spring Book Sale | Reward yourself with loads of Summer 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-september-2025/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Culture,Fundraiser,Members ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/book-sale-square-spring-2025.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250910T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250910T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250801T001930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T003001Z UID:66551-1757523600-1757532600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Crafting Conversation: The Jewellers Edition 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/crafting-conversation-jewellers/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/square-promo-mgth.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Make Good Things Happen":MAILTO:angela@daltonbaker.com.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250910T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250910T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250813T043002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T043105Z UID:66938-1757530800-1757534400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Power of Concentration 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-10-september-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promo-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250911T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250911T210000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250212T025145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T110610Z UID:61982-1757619000-1757624400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | Goodbye Julia 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-goodbye-julia/ 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-bfs.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250914T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250914T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250805T063244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T023211Z UID:66629-1757858400-1757865600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Fashion Parade Fundraiser | Vintage & Preloved Clothing Shop 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/vintage-collectables-fasion-parade-25/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Vintage & Collectables ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/promotional-square-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250917T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250917T183000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250728T041859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T032241Z UID:66377-1758130200-1758133800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Into the Dragon's Den\, The Chinese community in Bendigo DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 10\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Hiding Place \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect \n \n \n \n \n \n \n They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. \n \n White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Gambler \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J. P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? \n \n PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the authors \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall\, author\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. Book on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-saving-dragons/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Library,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/square-promo-20252.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250917T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250917T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250813T043212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T043312Z UID:66940-1758135600-1758139200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Power of Concentration 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-17-september-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promo-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250918T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250918T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250611T030703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T001953Z UID:65608-1758218400-1758223800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Chrissie Bellbrae 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/chrissie-bellbrae/ 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/2025/06/sq-promo-chrissie-bellbrae.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250924T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250924T183000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133018 CREATED:20250728T042702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T045221Z UID:66380-1758735000-1758738600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 3\, Spring Season | Gold! Gold! Bendigo - Ballarat DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 10\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Hiding Place \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect \n \n \n \n \n \n \n They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. \n \n White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Gambler \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J. P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? \n \n PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the authors \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall\, author\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. Book on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-gold-gold/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/square-promo-20253.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250924T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250924T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250813T043421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T043514Z UID:66942-1758740400-1758744000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Power of Concentration 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-24-september-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/square-promo-1.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250925T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250925T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250611T003027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T002121Z UID:65587-1758825000-1758830400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Paula Gleeson 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/paula-gleeson/ 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/2025/06/sq-promo-paula-gleeson.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250930T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250930T183000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250828T015533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T030623Z UID:67270-1759253400-1759257000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:A Creative Ballarat Workshop | Why Join? The Perks of Regional Arts Victoria & CRAFT Memberships 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/creative-ballarat-rav-craft/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/creative-ballarat.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251001T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251001T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250708T020553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T043730Z UID:66044-1759341600-1759347000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Rozzi Bazzani 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/rozzi-bazzani/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sq-promo-rozzi-final-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251001T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251001T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250813T043556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T045127Z UID:66944-1759345200-1759348800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Three Methods for Overcoming Bad Habits 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-1-october-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/square-promo-bad-habits-v2.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251004T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251004T210000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250925T034907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T043007Z UID:67630-1759604400-1759611600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Spaceballs - a FightMND fundraiser 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/spaceballs-fightmnd-fundraiser/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Externally Produced Event,Film,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sq-promo-spaceballs.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251005T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251005T170000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250709T015027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T044106Z UID:66091-1759676400-1759683600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Three Russian Piano Trios 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/russian-piano-trios/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classical Music,Live Music,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sq-promo-brian-champman.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251008T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251008T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250813T044851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T045058Z UID:66952-1759950000-1759953600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Three Methods for Overcoming Bad Habits 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-8-october-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/square-promo-bad-habits-v2.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251009T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250212T040547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T110559Z UID:62016-1760038200-1760043600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | To Thank the Room 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-to-thank-the-room-oct/ 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-bfs-update2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251015T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251015T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250813T045048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T045830Z UID:66955-1760554800-1760558400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Three Methods for Overcoming Bad Habits 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-15-october-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/square-promo-bad-habits-v2.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251016T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251016T213000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250709T002656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T023644Z UID:66088-1760643000-1760650200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:'God of Carnage'\, A Ballarat National Theatre Production | This season NOW CANCELLED | BNT apologises. 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/god-of-carnage/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat National Theatre,Theatre Production,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/God-of-Carnage-BMI-Square.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Ballarat National Theatre":MAILTO:contact@bnt.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251019T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251019T160000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250710T035225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T023809Z UID:66112-1760882400-1760889600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:'God of Carnage'\, A Ballarat National Theatre Production | This season NOW CANCELLED | BNT apologises. 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/god-of-carnage-5/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat National Theatre,Theatre Production,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/God-of-Carnage-BMI-Square.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Ballarat National Theatre":MAILTO:contact@bnt.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251021T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251021T193000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250919T003912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T045545Z UID:67443-1761069600-1761075000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with J Mary Masters *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/j-mary-masters/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sq-promo-judith-final.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251022T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251022T140000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250930T012758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T061535Z UID:67775-1761127200-1761141600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Seniors Expo | BMI component now CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall & Josh Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 10\n\n \n\n @ \n\n\n6:00 pm\n\n \n\n\n\n \n - \n\n7:30 pm\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n$11.78 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Humffray Room \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Hiding Place \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Author of Skylarking\, The Mother Fault  and The Hummingbird Effect \n \n \n \n \n \n \n They’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve? When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale\, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends\, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens. But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a  rogue deer sends a trailer off the road\, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter\, though\, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead. At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job\, an illegal crop\, an outrageous affair\, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface\, and even in the bush\, it’s hard to remain unseen. \n \n White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception\, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have. ‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor\, author of Dirt Town \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Gambler \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J. P. Pomare \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Vince Reid thriller From the author of 17 Years Later \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PI Vince Reid is visiting an old friend when he’s offered a case he can’t Why did a respected local woman open fire at a political rally\, killing a promising young university graduate? It’s easy money\, he’s told. A sure thing. But as Reid delves further into the case\, the stakes are higher than he imagined. There are invisible players pulling the strings. Will he walk away a winner or pay for the ultimate gamble with his life? \n \n PRAISE FOR THE THRILLERS OF J.P. POMARE\, including The Wrong Woman and 17 Years ‘Seriously good’ DERVLA McTIERNAN ‘There’s no better storyteller in the thriller game than Pomare’ COURIER MAIL ‘Shocking\, twisty and impossible to put down’ CHRISTIAN WHITE ‘Propulsive. Clever. Satisfying’ THE GUARDIAN ‘Grabbed me from the opening page and didn’t let go’ MICHAEL ROBOTHAM ‘Pomare is a master of the impeccably paced psycho-thriller’ THE AUSTRALIAN \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the authors \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall Kate is the author of Skylarking (2016) The Mother Fault (2020) and The Hummingbird Effect ((2023). She lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands\, with her partner and two children.Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017\, and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kate Mildenhall\, author\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n J.P. Pomare J. P. Pomare is a New Zealand author who lives in Melbourne\, Australia. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and best-selling novels including Seventeen Years Later\, Tell Me Lies\, and The Wrong Woman. His novel In The Clearing was adapted for the screen as an eight part miniseries by Disney (The Clearing) and The Last Guests (Watching You) has been adapted as a series by Stan. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event will be supported by Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $11.78 per person includes booking fee & gst\, also includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. Book on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarat-seniors-festival-expo/ LOCATION:Ballarat Show Grounds\, Ballarat\, Australia CATEGORIES:Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/seniors-2025-sq-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251022T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251022T200000 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20250813T045930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T050518Z UID:66964-1761159600-1761163200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems 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-22-october-25/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/square-promo-human-poblems.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251024T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251024T201500 DTSTAMP:20260416T133019 CREATED:20251001T035625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T045612Z UID:67819-1761332400-1761336900@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Opera's Bad Girl: Anna Bishop\, the World's First Daringly Defiant Diva 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/operas-bad-girl/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Live Music,Theatre Production,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sq-promo-bad-girl.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR