AuThor Talks
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Peg Rankin: A Journey of Faith and ResiliencePeter Rankin SDBAs told by Gerardine Christou This is the story of Peg, an ordinary woman who was“made of extraordinary stuff ” Margaret (Peg) Rankin is remembered by all who knew and loved her as […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The DrowningFiona Lowe Authentically Australian, Fiona Lowe’s stories are often triggered by a secret or a mystery, and they explore the themes of family, community and second chances. Described as gripping, thought-provoking, heart-warming and ultimately uplifting, Lowe's books have been praised for […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 29 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get Tickets Dickie Larsen's Pumpkin & Other Stories Speaker: Geoff Carr, author Spike is a young boy in 1950s Australia, surrounded by sprawling landscapesand a menagerie of animals. Together with his friends Leany and Riddy, they do what all young boys in […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 30 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets When lemons give you lifeAnna Johnston 'Smart, authentic and full of heart' - Graeme SimsionFrom the author of The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife Redemption is a dish best served warm...Retired Michelin-star chef Griff Barlow has lost his appetite for life. Widowed, grieving […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
May 11 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Marriage Trap Victoria Purman In 1960s Australia, the scent of freedom is in the air... From bestselling Australian author, comes the story of a mother and her two daughters, set in the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s. A time of […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
May 13 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets After the Noise Kerri Rogan Lee squinted in the sunlight and patted around her. It felt like a mattress and a dog. For the first time in months, she had slept in a bed. Oh, dear. Moose. She had fed her a […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
May 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Model MurderAmanda Hampson A Tea Ladies MysteryA model vanishes - A man is murdered - and the Tea Ladies are back on the case. Sydney, 1968. In a shadowy city lane, a young man is shot dead. His glamorous fiancée, a […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
June 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Where Truth Ends Mark Smith What if everything you believed in was a lie? Truth and betrayal collide in the new Mark Smith thriller, perfect for fans of Christian White and Lisa Jewell. Meg Maher thought she was doing the right thing. […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
July 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Seen Again: Light On Matrescence Benita Bensch Seen Again is a modern companion through matrescence, the profound transition of becoming a mother. Matrescence is a biological, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual transformation that can leave mothers without the language or support to make […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
August 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Frock Shop Sophie Green Meet the Ladies of The Frock Shop Where clothes are just the start of the story Australian bestseller Sophie Green returns with a sparkling story about the beauty of the second-hand, the power of second chances, and becoming who […]
Twilight Talks
WHAT ARE TWILIGHT TALKS?
Twilight Talks have been held at the BMI since 2001, providing a great opportunity to hear some fantastic speakers and meet up with friends over drinks.
Generally participants arrive at the Humffray Room from 5pm for drinks and conversation, followed at 5.30pm by a 30 to 40 minutes to conclude at approximately at 6.30pm.
There may be exceptions to this timing subject to speaker availability and associated events.
Note: Photographs may be taken at the event that may be used for promotion purposes: event marketing, website and project reporting. If you wish not to be included in such photos please identify at check-out when you purchase tickets through humanitix, when making your booking or identify on entry to the event.
ADMISSION
BMI Members $9.00 per person, non-members$13.00 plus booking fee, these prices include gst. There may be exceptions to these attendance prices subject to program content.
Proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong
Contact Rosemary in the BMI Library for information on 5331 3042.
Upcoming Twilight Talks will be listed below as details become available
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 15 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get Tickets Henry Lawson in Ballarat - Revisited Speaker: Hedley Thomson 'Last November Hedley Thomson provided an entertaining and informative presentation about Henry Lawson's 1887 visit to Ballarat to explore the Eureka Rebellion sites. This year he will return to this topic, […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 22 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get Tickets Ballarat's Avenue of Honour & A look behind names on the Avenue plaques Speakers: Amethyst May & Gary Snowden Topic information to come... About the speakers Amethyst May Amethyst May is a student at Mount Clear College who has a passion […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
April 29 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get Tickets Dickie Larsen's Pumpkin & Other Stories Speaker: Geoff Carr, author Spike is a young boy in 1950s Australia, surrounded by sprawling landscapesand a menagerie of animals. Together with his friends Leany and Riddy, they do what all young boys in […]
117-119 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia
May 6 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get Tickets What We Watched Before Cinema: ‘Entertainments’ at the Mechanics’ Hall, 1863–1919 Speaker: Ellen Becker When the Mechanics’ Hall opened in 1863, the people of Ballarat flocked to see some strange and spectacular contemporary entertainments — mesmerists, automata, waxworks, human curiosities, […]
Other Talks
Upcoming Public Talks will be listed below as details become available
