🕰️ My Grandfather’s Clock

This is a joint Family History Connections and PMI Victorian History Library event. If family history, a love of research and discovery is your thing, do come along.

Hear about a story of an ordinary family’s journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At each step, we are led to reflect on the puzzles of personal identity and the mystery of time. Based on a lifetime of creative scholarship, My Grandfather’s Clock is a moving testament to the power of family history to illuminate the present.

Graeme Davison is Emeritus Sir John Monash Professor of History at Monash University. He has written widely on Australian history. His previous family history, Lost Relations: Fortunes of My Family in Australia’s Golden Age, won a Judges’ Special Prize in the Victorian Community History Awards.

Graeme will sell and sign books on the day.

Bookings essential with a gold coin for entry.

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🔖 PMI Victorian History Library Book Sale

Step into a treasure trove of literary delights at our upcoming Big Book Sale! Get ready to embark on a thrilling exploration through the pages of second-hand classics and unearth hidden gems among our collection of rare books. Not only do we have our usual offerings, but we also have a number of local businesses selling their beautiful wares.

✅ Jacqui’s Creations is a well known Polymer clay artist, her creations are all handmade and individual unique.
✅ Hello Cards and Paper Art makes bespoke handmade cards and Christmas tags.
✅ Zoo Knits creates a range of handknitted soft toys and animals.
✅ Shelley creates imaginative and eco-friendly products, specialising in toys for imaginative play.

And a ton more! Make sure to visit and support your library and local business.

🎭 The Dominatrix Next Door – Mother by day, Dominatrix by night.

When a cash-strapped single mother of two in suburban Melbourne has a fun idea to start a side hustle running workshops for hens’ parties, she has no idea it will lead her on a surreal adventure (or twenty) through the debaucherous underground world of kink clubs and swingers’ parties. Nor does she know that it will bring her out on the other end as one of Australia’s most recognised Dominatrixes.

Mistress Jane is the Melbourne-based kinkster, fetish queen, sex nerd and mother of two (but not in that order). Whether hosting hens’ parties and club events, writing, podcasting, or running workshops, she imparts her unique brand of flirtation and female empowerment to everything she touches.

Bookings are essential with a gold coin for entry.

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📖 PMI’s Monthly Book Club – Led by Friend of the Library, Raymond.

Join a friendly, considerate and open group for a chat about books. We meet on the first Tuesday of every month and choose our next book’s in advance. Keep an eye on your email and the PMI’s social media for details about what we are reading next.

In 2023 we read books like The Women In Black by Madeleine St John, Eucalyptus by Murray Bail and The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll. But we are always open to suggestions!

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