The arrangements were a bit of a scramble. Nelson Ball attended only the Brantford reading; he has never done public readings and currently has health problems that affect his breathing and endurance. Brian David Johnson read from Nelson’s book in Brantford, Mansfield editor Stuart Ross in London, Toronto and Cobourg, and j w curry in Ottawa. The Toronto launch was delayed by an hour by a fatal truck accident on the 401 that partly blocked Stuart’s route from Cobourg. Christine Miscione was recovering from a recent case of pneumonia, and bowed out after that