Author John Passfield has studied and taught literature, creative writing and drama.  Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, many of his published books are true stories of his hometown.  Always interested in the "development of the novel as an art form," Passfield keeps daily notes during the writing of each of his novels. These studies are subsequently published in a journal to accompany the novel.  For an insight into his "search for the ideal form of a novel" visit http://www.johnpassfield.ca/

Among John Passfield's ten books are Jumbo, P.T. Barnum's Greatest Creation, Pinafore Park: The Swan Boat Incident and Rain of Fire:  The Ordeal of Conductor Sprettigue.

The Neat Little Bookshop is pleased to host an afternoon with the author on Thursday, July 5 at 1:00 p.m.  John is always available to discuss his own work; however, on Thursday, he will read the poetry of Canadian Poetess, Pauline Johnson.  Please join us.  "Coffee and tea pot's always on. . ."  No admission.

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"As wampums to the Redman, so to the Poet are his songs; chiselled alike from that which is the purest of his possessions, woven alike with meaning into belt and book, fraught alike with the corresponding message of peace, the breathing of tradition, the value of more than coin, and the seal of fellowship with all men.
So do I offer this belt of verse-wampum to those two who have taught me most of its spirit ~ my Mother, whose encouragement has been my mainstay in its weaving; my Father, whose feet have long since wandered to the Happy Hunting Grounds."
~ E. Pauline Johnson