A warm, springtime Sunday shimmering with optimism and all fifty-seven varieties of pollen. No theme this month but the somewhat recurring one of body image and (atchoo!) betrayal. To which Bernard Kelly (the sneezer) contributed with his story "The Idea." As did Diane Bracuk with her story "Shadow Self," which has recently been accepted by the astute editors at the journal Other Voices. (Congratulations, Diane.) Just returned from visits to Warsaw and Salzburg, Diane had a few traveller's tales to recount; we hope to hear more.
Giovanna Riccio ventured into creative non-fiction with her piece "The Rise of the Town," which gave a colourful description of immigrant life here and the lasting legacy of nicknames. Cary Fagan spoke to us about the banjo as an instrument and demonstrated (too briefly) what he could do with one he had made himself. Martha Baillie rounded off the afternoon with another tantalizing instalment of The Incident Report, which prompted some snorts of amused recognition from at least one librarian in the audience.
