February 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets Outrageous Fortunes Megan Brown & Lucy Sussex The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-writer, and Her Criminal Son ‘Engrossingly illuminating and ultimately deeply moving’ – John Connolly ‘Mary Fortune’s bold fictions electrified colonial Australia. But her own story, pieced together by two tenacious […]
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April 29 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Mademoiselle Alliance Natasha Lester. Inspired by a True Story A remarkable Australian talent – The Age A master storyteller – Daily Telegraph How did a young Parisienne mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network
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February 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets Cleaved Jane Cafarella. A story of loss, legs and finding family It’s important that genuine stories such as this be published to show the extra-ordinary, day-to-day courage of so-called ‘ordinary’ people – Highly recommended – Hazel Edwards OAM Former journalist for The
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STELLA DAY OUT: Travel Writing | Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett in conversation with Fiona Sweet. | 16 November 3pm – 4pm | Free.
October 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Free Humffray Room Squat John Safran. An unmissable opportunity to hear John Safran recount his time squatting in a celebrity’s abandoned mansion. Enquiries: Any event specific enquires should be direct to Collins Booksellers on Lydiard Free. Bookings Collins Booksellers, Ballart on Lydiard This event takes place on
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October 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm $10 Humffray Room The Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father | The love of a daughter | The secrets that divide them. The international bestselling author of: Scrublands & The Seven The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven. Nell Buchanan and
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STELLA DAY OUT: Writing about the Future | Kate Mildenhall in conversation with Van Badham | 16 November 1pm – 2pm | Free
October 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret Benjamin Stevenson. Strap yourself in for Christmas hijinks, done the way only Benjamin Stevenson can.’ Hayley Scrivenor An ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery. – Sunday Times When a Christmas show takes a dark turn after a magician’s guillotine
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November 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Golden Thread Tea Cooper. Intricate threads from the past and the present bind together a yellow silk dress, lost gold and a missing grandmother in a twisty historical mystery from the bestselling author of: The Talented Mrs Greenway. Maitland, 1889 When
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September 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm $10 Heritage Reading Room From the Top T.L.W. Robb. From Ballarat to Baghdad – an extraordinary life. Traveller – Outlaw – Producer. A moving and inspiring memoir of a young man and his journey from Ballarat, Australia, to the international stage where he and his partner Luis
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Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60
Featuring the BMI Image Collection | Now $20
Your gift will be tax-deductible this financial year if you make it before June 30.
Like many organisations the BMI faces significant funding challenges.
2 course dinner & lots
of dancing
