AN annual fixture of the Ballaarat Mechanics\u2019 Institute will be returning with the first round of the Twilight Talks series set to start up next week.<\/p>\n
With each session in the first program offered free to attendees, the weekly program will kick off with a talk this Wednesday by Dr Frank Hurley and pastor Bill Sutcliffe on memoir writing.<\/p>\n
The talks\u2019 coordinator Phil Roberts said unlike past programs, the individual sessions will not adhere to a connecting theme.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis particular one will have a lot of variety because this time it\u2019s a series of different themes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll these talks should be of great interest to the Ballarat community. We see ourselves as giving these talks in a cultural sense so bringing a big variety, we\u2019ll hopefully attract a wide audience.\u201d<\/p>\n
The memoir-writing talk will be followed with a presentation from Dr Jean Douglas and Garry Snowden on Ballarat\u2019s World War One-era nurses and doctors.<\/p>\n