Christ Church Book Club
7:00pm. Designated Tuesdays. An eclectic choice of various books, one or more main book or excerpt per evening, along with reference to other books, for discussion and debate. Open to all and everyone! 1 hour. Where? Coronation Room, Christ Church Parish Hall, 7 Wentworth Street, Windsor, NS. Contact: David Curry 790-6173.
Dates: September 26th, October 17th; November 21st, 2023;
January 23rd ; February 13th; April 23rd, & May 21st, 2024
September 26th, 2023: Imperial Wine: How the British Empire Made Wine’s New World, Jennifer Rogan-Lefebvre (2022); and I drink, therefore I am: A Philosopher’s Guide to Wine, Roger Scruton (2009).
October 17th, 2023: Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Moss, Robin Wall Kimmerer (2003); and Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree, David George Haskell (2021).
November 21st, 2023: The Visible Unseen: Essays, Andrea Chapela & Kelsi Vanada (2022); and Floodmeadow, Toby Martinez de las Rivas (2023).
January 23rd, 2024: To Govern is To Serve: An Essay on Medieval Democracy, Jacques Dalarun (2012, trans. 2023); and Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State, Anna Grzymala-Busse (2023).
February 13th, 2024: The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure, Dan Werb (2022); and Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations, Simon Schama (2023).
April 23rd, 2024: The Axial Age and Its Consequences, ed. Robert N. Bellah & Hans Joas (2012); and The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis (1943).
May 21st, 2024: At The End of An Age, John Lukacs (2002); and Weavers, Scribes and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East, Amanda H. Podany (2022).