Pipped at the post: we’re bumped again!

September’s pick Catcher in the Rye was our season-starter and a very full meeting room revisited Holden Caulfield and all the phonies with the help of a thoughtful introduction from Richard. Of course, most of us had read the novel at one time of another, most often in high school English where it has a been a set book for four or five decades. In fact, one member of the group really was having an old-home month re-reading it; Ted mentioned that he had taught the book half a dozen times as a high-school teacher.

Speaking of Ted, he will be leading us in a discussion of Lloyd Jones’ Mr. Pip, October’s book. A reminder that we are meeting on the fourth Thursday for this month (the 23rd) rather than the third; Collected Works continues to grow in popularity as a launch venue and our “dibs” on the third Thursday are of course subject to the business schedule of the shop itself.

We have Anne Enright’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Gathering as our November pick, with Angela slated to present.

Don’t forget that the Ottawa International Writer’s Festival starts on the 18th of the month, and longtime member Hanna would like to remind people that her son’s play “…and stockings for the ladies“ opens at the War Museum on October 21, running until Nov.2. Tickets are available at the museum for $15.00 with evening shows starting at 7.00 p.m.