Falling into Place

Yesterday after the Wolfville Farmers Market, we stopped at The Odd Book.

This is a favourite book store. The owner’s interests seem well aligned with mine. It includes a section on George Orwell’s books, as well as recent publications from Gaspereau Press.

This time, I found a chapbook from Falling into Place. In 2002, Gaspereau published a groundbreaking geo-memoir by poet and long-time Hamilton resident, John Terpstra. It starts with the phrase.

’I am attached to this piece of Geography.’

A chapbook is a reading sample; in this case, thirty pages, ‘Terpstra’s investigations centre around the Iroquois Bar, a giant glacial sandbar which lies beneath one of Hamilton’s busiest transportation corridors.’

My second find was George Orwell’s Selected Writings, edited by George Bott.

’I have tried to show something of Orwell as a political apologist; something of his remarkable ability to record experience vividly and to argue convincingly; some autobiography, some literary criticism, some satire.’

This selection of George Orwell’s writings is intended mainly for sixth forms, adult classes and training college students.

First published in 1958. Topics include The English Class System, Politics and the English Language, Why I Write, Poetry and the Microphone.

Last night, we were settled in for an evening of British TV on PBS Maine. Around 9 pm, before Doc Martin, we received a call from New Glasgow. Watch the CBC documentary ’Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing’.

We changed the channel and enjoyed an excellent program.

Acknowledgements

The Odd Book has the best-organized collection of second-hand books in the Valley. John Stewart phoned about the CBC documentary. Heather shared the Wolfville market experience. Edward added the graphics.

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