A Portuguese Party

This evening was another successful book club event! We enjoyed some Portuguese food in honour of our most recent author, Jose Saramago. The book prompted some interesting discussion. It was definitely an interesting choice for the book club, and a novel that I would not normally have made myself finish but which turned out to be worthwhile.

The next meeting will be hosted by Jessica and Graham, location TBA. The novel is After Dacchau, and Jenn will be leading the discussion. The food theme was not decided, but German is the obvious suggestion considering the basis of the book.

A number of decisions have been made:
1. Carolyn's book choice Strange Traffic will be switched to Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels.
2. We will try to hold our next "suggestions and choices" meeting in early December at which time we will choose our next round of books. Start thinking about what you would like to recommend. We'll be looking for one classic novel this time around.
3. Our fall book readings will be re-arranged as follows: The Fountainhead will be discussed in September, Fugitive Pieces will be discussed in October, and Cocksure will be discussed in November.

Mary's Wedding

Sorry Joyce, I meant to post this a few days ago!

Mary's Wedding is a play by Stephen Massicotte. It premiered at the 2002 playRites Festival at Alberta Theatre Projects and was the winner of the 2002 Betty Mitchell Award for Best New Play. Gerry's working on it right now in Kincardine at Bluewater Summer Playhouse http://www.bluewatersp.on.ca/season.htm It closes this weekend but you can catch it tomorrow, Saturday July 22, at either 2pm or 8pm. It's worth the drive to Kincardine (hee hee). Seriously though, if you have nothing to do tomorrow, it's a good play.