CAMILLA GIBB AT LIBRARY

Award winning author Camilla Gibb wowed the audience at the Madoc Public Library on the evening of May 24th. Almost 60 persons came to hear Ms. Gibb read from her best-selling novel "Sweetness in the Belly". Ms. Gibb spoke for almost 1/2 hour about the reasons that lead her to write this particular novel, describing her friendship with a young Ethiopian woman, her doctoral thesis on the politics and religion of Ethiopia, and the year she spent in Harar conducting research for her dissertation.

She then read from the novel and later answered questions from the audience including ones about her two previous novels, "Mouthing the words" and Petty details of so and so's life." She later autographed books upstairs in the Cultural Centre, where refreshments were served and more lively conversation ensued.