The Incident Report

Martha Baillie's new novel, The Incident Report, parts of which she read to us last year will be officially launched on Tuesday, April 28, at the Gladstone Hotel, beginning at 7 p.m.

Seashell launches

Some photos from last Sunday's launch of Theo's new CD, which, despite the weather, was very well attended.

Wychwood Barns

A couple of photos from the first farmers' market at the newly opened Wychwood Barns, showing Café regulars Mary Anne Cree and Cary Fagan. (With Cary is his Dagnabit musical partner Ann Hartman.)

CD launch

Don't forget this Sunday's launch of Theo Heras's new CD, "Seashell, Sing a Song to Me," from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. at the Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College Street (1 block east of Spadina).

A winner

Congratulations to Gil Gauvreau for winning in the "green scene" category of Mobifest on Wednesday evening. Some of the Café regulars were there to cheer Gil on.

Ninth session

Thanks to all those who participated in last month's session. We had ghost stories to share and heard another chapter from Celia's novel.

The café is now closed for the year. When it reopens, I think we'll try for something a little better planned and a little less frequent. Your comments on the matter are, of course, always welcome.

In the meantime:

Gil Gauvreau has three entries in Mobifest, the cellular phone film festival.
Winners will be announced on November 19, at 7:00 p.m.,
at the Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Avenue,
three blocks south of the intersection of Bloor and Dundas Street West.

Theo Heras is launching her new CD "Seashell, Sing a Song to Me" on
Sunday, December 7
2:00-4:00 p.m.
at the Lillian H. Smith Library
239 College Street (1 block east of Spadina).

Eighth session

Thanks to all who attended last week's session. The "sleep" theme appears to have been a non-starter, as there were no contributions (at least, none ready to be presented).

Theo Heras, recently returned from Copenhagen and Paris, spoke about her new CD Seashell, Sing Me a Song and played us a couple of tracks from it. (More on this later.) Giovanna Riccio, recently returned from Italy, read several poems, some of which were inspired by her stay there. Celia Lottridge, recently returned from Tennessee, read a chapter from her YA novel Home is Beyond the Mountains. Courtney Fairweather, recently returned from B.C., spoke to us about her video project, which involved taping interviews with former classmates at a highschool reunion. (Mean girls, we were glad to hear, don't always have happy futures.) Diane Bracuk read from a short story concerning the fragile link between mother and daughter in the aftermath of a particularly reprehensible crime. Finally, we all did a cold reading of Bernard Kelly's short comic script Heist for Heist's Sake.