November 18, 2009 7:15 PM. 12 attended.
Author Event - Jean Rae Baxter
Jean Rae Baxter will join us to discuss her career and her newest book Looking for Cardenio. Jean is a great speaker, a very down to earth person and a lot of fun.
By way of introduction I will attach here the Spectator review of her latest book.
"Tenure is the sacred door to security and acceptance in the university world, and Dr. Deidre Gunn, English lecturer at Melrose University, east of Toronto, has lost it.
An indiscretion with a student was the cause. A lecturer without tenure is a future in question, and Hamilton author Jean Rae Baxter places a carrot too tempting to pass by for an unemployed academic.
Cardenio -- Shakespeare's last play? No print copy remains, the last performance of it was in 1613, and then it vanished, taking its place among the rumours that swirl about Shakespeare to this day.
A seedy colleague from Gunn's">Gunn's past appears with a proposal: a yellowed manuscript of Cardenio written in the obsolete Secretary hand. Is it genuine? It would kick-start her career -- no question. Can the finder be trusted? He is found dead soon after, Gunn being among the last seen leaving his hotel room.
Baxter sets a plot that skilfully integrates frailty, sex and greed -- conditions that affect so much of life. She's a polished storyteller and writes with precision and good timing. She has a good ear for dialogue, relationships that develop within the twists and revelations of plot and descriptions that summon the reader into the action.
Looking for Cardenio is a novel that does its job with flair. Hamilton has a talented and successful mystery writer in its midst."
(Seraphim Editions, $18.95)
Don Graves
Canadian Mysteries
Arts & Entertainment
The Hamilton Spectator
April 26, 2008
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Lesley PrinceBaxter's account of her writing regimen was the most interesting aspect of her talk. I always enjoy hearing an author read from his/her text. This occasion was no exception.
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It is always good to hear how an author came to writing a book. It was good to learn about getting published and how she came about coming up with characters. All and all it was a fun night. -
JeanGreat to hear the author talk about the book development and writing process. Really enjoyed this event.
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angelaThis was a good evening. Jean is a local writer and that is always appealing. She spoke candidly about her writing style and how she approaches the job of writing. I thought it was interesting that she generally makes up her characters and rarely uses autobiographical information. I was somewhat surprised by that. I enjoyed the book but I felt that there could have been more detail about the main character Deidre. I found there was much about her we didn't know. As a result I think I found her affair with the student very stupid. I think that if I had a better handle on her character I might have seen it as a slightly less stupid and much more human situation.
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Five free copies of THE MISTRESS'S REVENGE to read with your book group.
from Free Press, an imprint of Simon&Schuster
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