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I am a note-a-holic. There, rl's ouL in the open. My wife has lived for years with my obsession for writing on I admit
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into subjecl envelopes until a laLer dale when I would dump the contenls on to our ugly brown
It's
wilh Lwo olher reasonably-priced second choices called MemoryMate and
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SqaureNole
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SquareNole Nol unlike most wriLers I didn't have plenty of $$ to throw around so I aimed for soflware in lhe 970.00 lo $120 00 range
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for
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Unfortunalely, the price barrier eliminaled the Cadillacs of these programs, askSam and ThinkTank, which sell for over
MemoryMaLe Broderbund Sof[ware
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17 Paul Dr 94903-2
I sellled on SquareNole of UnionSquare and I'm pleased with it. ll's nol a Cadillac but rather an MG convertible fun to drrve and zippy on the highway. The program is easy to
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operale and costs $95.00
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0n screen, SquareNote resembles a series of three by five rnch nole cards in an infinite file box i assign keywords Lo Lhe top of each 500 line note so I can later call up malerial under the heading For example, rf I were working on a story aboul zombie slaves I would do an "and/or" search Lo ask SquareNote to locate all notes about zombies and slaves, zombies or slaves, and zombie slaves
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FI]TIJRE
SPIDER ROBINSO}
IN PROTIL] by Gina McMurchy-Barb +*
IT's after three 0n a sunny afternoon and
"Like mosL people, I had lo starl in Lhe trenches lvrttil shorl slories before being able Lo publish a book," he explains. "BuL even now afler 15 years we're still sliuggling and making very liltle from royallies."
Before taking up wrllrng Robtnson was folksinger, morf
attendant, piinter and securily guard. During a slinl a night watchman he lried hrs hand at writing.
break.
"l
tend to do most of my wriling belween midnight and 5 or 6 AM: that's when my favourite distractions have gone Lo sleep," Robinson says of his wife Jeannie and 14-year-old daughter Terri. I
I f
6
t
is one of North America's top Science Ficlion writers. In 1982, the New York Times Book Review called him "the new Robert Heinlin". 0ver the last dozen years he has published 13 novels and won 10 awards, includRobinson
ing Lhree Hugos. Callahan's I ady is Robinson's most recent tale of the fulure, bul his sleadiesL seller is Mindkiller' Hls success may be due rn part to Lhe way many of his characters
E
Lake on his ortn likeable
persona
His arachnid name
landed a job guarding a sewer; it was my responsibl to make sure n0 one stole iL," he says wrth a smirk' "There was nothing Lo do bul read. One night, after 'l finishing whal was not really a good book I thought' can wri[e betler lhan this "
"l
He sold his
first shorl story for $400---on
mission. "l
one sub-
thought 'l'll
send this thing off, gels loLs reiection letters and then I can tell women I'm a writer,"' he shrugs. "But they crossed me up and accepted iL "
Robinson defines SF as lhe bridge belween scientisl
and poet.
Good SF predicls the
fulure in away
Lhat
and fedora have become easily recognized Lrademarks'
imaginary yel viable
"Everyone has to have someLhing aboul Lhemselves that stands oul. When my friends decided to call me Spider iL was like manna from heaven," he says wiLh hands
"sF writers speculate what things will be like in the future, but we must always make internal' logical ser BuL Lhese days science is changing so fast thal it's getting harder to know what Lhe fuLure will be like."
Despite his long uinning streak' the unprelentious and articulate 4O-year-old says he still remembers the
"My ulLrmate purpose is Lo create a possible world Lh human being can live with and like and not g0 crazy with. I do this by Laking normal human beings and deposiling one thing from lhe future inlo their lives see how they handle
slruggles of attaining recognition
May/June 1989
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it," he exPlains.
Jeannie Robinson calls her husband a "sofL" SF writer. "He's more of a humanist and writes about people going lhrough the future rather than fulure technology itself." That's why his style is appealing to the general reader and not just Lhe hardened SF buff, she adds.
Robinson is working on two new books. One is a collaboration with his wife, Jeannie, a retired dancer and choreographer. The couple's firsl book, Stardance, was s0 successful it received a 1977 Hugo award before iL reached the bookstands in 19?B
with three basic speculaLions, says Robinson,"'what if...,','if only...,'and'if this goes on. I Lend to work mostly with the "if only" theme." He caulions new writers to avoid the cliche plots, but points oul even he has "come up with a few of them."
The working
SF wriLers work
'
Robinson suggests new SF writers begin by looking at what's currently on the shelves of bookstores. He also recommends reading authors such as Theodore Slurgeon and Edgar Pangborn for familiarily
title for the
sequel
to Slardance is
Starseed
Its heroine, a 46-year-old dancer, leaves earth for a belter life among Lhe stars. However, as she enlers zero gravity she drags along some of the baggage familiar to 20th cenLury \{ornen -- like being fat. 0ne of the advantanges to writing SF, says Robinson, is that it doesn't require much research. BuL for him iL's also one way of coming Lo terms with lhe unknown and coping wilh rapid changes.
in the genre. "Science impacts 0n my life. The only way I can roll wilh Lhat punch is to get comforlable with it. lTriting helps me make sense of iL all."
"
FirsL sell some short stories to get the agent's atten-
tion. Then start
selling to a New York publisher," he
advises. "BuL while you're sending oul your manuscripls
slarl on your next story." tlthough there are no exclusive SF publishers in Canada, Press Porcepic in Victoria handles some SF novels and shorl slories. "They don'L pay much, though." There aren't many ways wriLers can geL around publish.rs, BuL behind Robinson's pale complexion, long hair and lanky 6'1 slalure slill lurks a radical guiLar-playing
:rppie ready to thwarl the 'establishmenl'
ln Lhe fulure, everyone will have a Mac aL home ;then Lhey want to read my book lhey can call me and , ll lransmit my story from my compuLer onto theirs."
\{ay June
L
1989
SF
variety of events year round publishes a monthly fanzine called BCSFAnzine'
BCSFA also organizes a
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MEET THE BC SCIENCE F'ICTiON ASSOCIATION
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analyze the past' exist in the lresen! qld rs the Jr.urn of ttt. fufure, then perhaps Science Fiction
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n.n..ro'you..|{heth.ryoucallitSF,sci-t'iorSciffy, ine tuct iemains that scir nce fiction builds 0n our Juydi.utt and nightmares by showing us the future'
genr d[ q. ] Jello
It's also fun. i.utrring rr.t a variatftn of
year-and-a-half and offers support in the form manuscript exchanges and critiques'
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Tweniy years ago the ..piiihi'r.a on Ih. *iitr., by bringing them
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"The struggles of artists against indifferent governments can be soul-destroying," said Schroeder. "But even one pen can begin the process of change. Even letter sent adds to the one before it, and could be the one to push a decision into being."
"Collective effort within the community achieves more than a solitary struggle," echoed Lai. Perhaps the most creative exploration of the topic was
Ellis' discussion of attitudes towards children's
lit-
erature.
"l
do not write 'kiddie
lit,"'
she said, "nor am I at the
writing. But if I had to argue that position, I would say that it is at the edge or meetrng of two ecosystems that the most abundant and varied edge of acceptable
growth takes place." Beaultfal Crescenl Beactl,
sle of lritiv yeark lClI
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ls writing unavoidably political? 0r do politics stalk the beauty in language? These questions were raised by poet Tom Wayman and creative documentarist Myrna Kostash durrng the 1989 Conference panel discussion, The Politics of Wriiing, Swords crossed as Wayman argued emphatically that "politics are expressed in the words we choose, and feminists have shown how language biases affect readers and speakers."
"Abstention is a political act of its own," concluded facilitator Jane Covernton. "lf writers do not develop their own political stances, their politics wrll be chosen for ihem," Conference participants not present on the panel included romance u'riters Moyra Tarling and Kathy Spencer, as well as BC representatives of the film and computer industries, Next year's conference will be held in Vicforia.
Eastern-bloc and South American writers would like to keep politics out of their writing, Kostash maintained, but that's a luxury they can't afford. This contrasts with the freedoms enjoyed in this country, she said. "l'd like to be dragged off to jail for my writing," she added, intrmating that that would indicate that Canadian writers do have political impact, The discussion, which also featured novelist Andreas Schroeder, historian/geographer Dr. David Chuenyan Lai, and novelist Sarah Ellis, was a fitting culmination to two and a half intensrve days of workshops and readings. May June 1989
Pa r /t'ctpan
ls llyrna fios /asri an d,4n drea s,fciro eder
I
1989 Fraser ValleY Region
PoetrY ComPetitition The resPonse to th
unIri
Your bodY
Lr,r lireacher's drY PulPi[
and lL looked
Iike me.
evenL was excellenl' were submiLied, Th
warmesl Lhanks
in place of
Con
winners and thanks to work
the cinnamon liPs of Youth (ttrird Prize)
e
Ar[hur
/a//ey t?egbnal lnlroductng new fraser
JoYce
Lhe grizzled plunrp 'bu[Lerball
flep, ,4/ Plak.
of her hatt"
a single sirand Ialls
ovet'slubbled,
mardi-gras eYebrows in the eYeglass glass of her arLlsan's comPacL' nL^ -'.arrlc wprp nresenLed on Friday' April 21'
lumberjack.
she
still
Lraces
[he cinnamon IiPs of her You[h, huddlei wrinkled folds inLo Panled shadows descending
on bloodshoL glaze' mournrng a glance..
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of
PuberLY
Lhe
y0u're nineteen Iife is forever uhen (Honourable menLion)
LhaL blor'vs Lhe ghosL
Denise McCann week Mv Mom cried a whole (well four daYs al least)
on self defense'
I wenL Lo Calr in Engineertng Sc B a andlreceived in lale Canada Lo relurned I
again' AfLer leaving Germany
r.i.it
*r'ttgr;,tL
ihe
Look
all l"he books
on deaLh
Irom Lhe librarY, s[ared oul Lhe window. and watched the "ater wind balter Lhe Pines it ,
1985 ancl and now re[ired
ii
"iipPing
I heard her Lhrough Yellow glass doors, moanlng Iow -
il
don'I understat d' l\Ihy? \{ihY?" me cry
shorL slories One of my f un N
proiecls is
Lo
vrile lhe
locatNDP
I
til I
didn
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saw Your grad Piclure
ewsl eLLer.
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nexl lable over'
down, downward she aches, back into Lhe shallow stgh
of her girlhood like breaLh
The Lumulluous noise and confusion of Lhe
COLDS
barn forgolten,
(Honourable Menlion) Sherrie Thorne
The chalienge of Lhe dark rim of clouds aoproaching, Tir'e annoyance of Lhe skulking coyoles,
think iI simply ouLrageous Tha[ slill today Lhe cold is contagious! llle sniffle and dab, blow and squeeze, Cough and SpuLLer, wheeze and sneeze 0ur eyes loo[< like road maps, all marked Don'L you
oul in
Do
in
Crimson clouds in summer skies, And auLumn hillsides sleeP'
placid. (This cud is really good).
red.
Along Lhe line of ancienL hills, SLill flaming in Lhe wesl", Fine [racery of bush and tree, Adorns lhe kopjes' cres[
bed.
0ur eyes are so walery, our vision a blurr' 1{iLh ioday's lechnology, why does lhis
MATOPAS
occu r?
SLrew
What happened get inLo bed"?
my ashes 'neath the cedars,
For my spiril fasL has flown Back Lo Lhe wild MaLoPas, Where the leopard has his home
chills, Drrnk lols of fluids and swallow our pills Ah "buL life musl g0 0n", Lhat's what we
il
And Lhe Lwilight afLer,
(Second Prize) Mairin Dandridge
And, oh, Lhose headaches Lhat come wiLh il all Make il seem like lhe skull is Lwo sizes Loo small. 0ur temperalures rise, bu[ we gel the
were Lold; (bel lhe person who said
And Lhe baboon keePs a senlrY
did nol have
lo "poor dear, you
They are righL You know, "lL's all
a
musL
in
Lhe
head'.
0n rocky baslions high:
wander o'er the whalebacks, And climb a granile dome' And [hrough [he valleYs.roam.
ln green maponi
doves,
Lrees
Louries, larks, and lilac rollers, Sing their songs of Praise, lfhere brightly coloured lizards Lie in Lhe sun and laze.
For Those Troubled Times: A LitanY
The lichen-paLlerned boulders,
(Honourable Menlion)
Thrusl far inlo Lhe skY, And eagle eyries reign alofl,
Chrisline Body
0n precipices high,
tam
the dwelling places of spiriLs,
A Placid Cow.
'Twas
My jaws move rhYthmicallY
For Bushman long ago, And Kalanga and the Rowze have always held iL so
Enjoying my cud. My warm brown eYes Gaze nowhere, Unseeing, As my whole being Focuses on the Pleasure In my mouLh,
The counLless ages come and go, As kloofs are cuL bY slreams, And whaleback hills of sombre blue Will haunL my endless dreams Pinnacles,
And mountains draPed wilh snow;
I'll
All day long cicadas Lrill, There's droning of the bees, And sooLhing noles of cooing
Grolesque againsL Lhe skY' Are silhoueLtes of mammolh rocks, From ages long gone bY,
I have loved your icY
He barks a huskY warning, When danger's lurking nigh'
Sil on castle koPjes,
The Greal Abiding Presence Rests upon [hese hills, Grey lvladomba* knows iL' And Lrembles in l"he rills
BuL I long for old MaLoPas' 1{here warm winds softlY blow.
I've loved your foresLs slraighL and Your lakes of turquoise blue; BuL give me back MaloPas 14IiLh hills of burnished hue.
lffi/A///2r?/ff
Lall
So spread my ashes'neaLh Lhe Lrees, or on Lhe ocean [air, Then lo l{aLopas I'll reLurn,
And join Lhe sPiriLs Lhere rMadomba: African name for MaLoPas DOITN THE HOLD
(FirsI Prize) A.M Appleby Stanchions and Yardarms and masl, WiLh lhe lazy-guy loose and Lhe prevenLer made fasl; From lhe square of be[ween decks lhe ky elY forlorn and incrediblY high halch where [he masL-head ascends From Lhe
lip of the decks lo the sky it
subLends,
ln an in[ricale paLlern of sleel and sleam,
From the bowl of lhe sky Lo Lhe bighl of Lht beam
The day's busy galhering of grass is done
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sparkling reeds and waving grass, Benea[h the red acacia Lrees.
WiLh
The sun se[s o4.Maleme, Reflecls in wa[ers deeP
bother me
For at the moment I am Lolally content,
We have muscles LhaL feel like we lefl
t.hem
nol
Shadows on [he sunlil sloPe Mingle in Lhe cooling breeze
Ileather Glebe
:f
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President's Report
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I
heal-
_':ncern 0r
=
through
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;i: _: :hat gang
of ofi.c: ,.:
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of o-:' .., =.
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ati:
-:' ::dication
: _:.: -
ls a blue-prinLcd lracing oI of rusL ridden sLa
-'-:- .naUgUfal -:=::r'ing Lhe
ys
ln a concold o[ angles in gun-rrelal 'J'haL
gleys,
converges arnidships Lo pulley and
.,::rtinue
parnL
lllrhele Lhe clcvices cleave and
reslrainL There's a "heads-up below
"
lhe cables
. likened il = -..;e in Lheir
flealler C/ebe dh nxecultre lheclor Bob l{ehs/er
and a claller of
_:.: ,f 0u are
::
gears As Lhe u'inches lcvolve wiLh Lherr cltaLlerirrg fe a
rs,
While Lhe drum-heads complain as llte
cables
u
nfold
'lo Lhe growling re-echoes dcep down in hold
"LeL'el go
"
Lhe
and "'Ware wire." and "BLrild up
Ure n'ings." As Lhe lurnber swirls down
in
Lhe bighL of
the sJrngs
Io lhe lhud of lhe planks as
Lhey
bull-out
Lhe Iloor
lL's nine Lhousand feel lo Lhe hour or more, r4'lrile Lhe shadons slip lound from sIarboald L0 pOrL
Till
Lhere
As Lhe long hours drag and
lhe buckcls
r.Lrn
dry And Lhe boLLIe-blue l.ades frorn Lhe ghosL o[
lhe sliy
Fraser Valley Fed members are inviLed lo aLLend oul irrl.ormal, buL irrformaLrve and encouraging, rneelings which are hcld lhe second Wedncsday of every monlh aL 7'30 Plr{ aL lhe Fraser Valley College (downslarrs in lhe
in AbboLs[ord. parLicipanLs are
encoulaged Lo bring shorL pieces oI u'riting lo share For inlolmaLion call Al PLak al 874 iB9
The
mrnutes, one slep at a time, I d reached
whal had seemed a dtsLanL poinL
s liLLle of pleasure and nolhing of
sporL
cafeLerra)
first evening at Crescenl Beach uas a busy one, bul at dawn lhe ne.lL mornlng I laced up my sneakers and stt'uck ouL fot'a bit of exploring A fen paces up a litlle road and suddenly-Lhc sea! A vasl world lay before me, ocean, sky distanl island, with Lhe beach slrelching far and alvay lo Lhe soulh and jusl as far as lo Lhe north I iossed off in one direclion and in onlv J-bb-..
I can see the coming year as piesj::: of lhe FFiD rn Lhe same lighl ll s :;,,: fot' tne wiLh a vasl prcLure of pli=: .. before lxy eyes Bul much gr'.-:: -: be covered by setling out' :-jl:.: _r. disLanL goal and lakjnr iL:,-.: s,=- ,.
to
:.
Prestdenl
A decade
'r'-:ings
,:
betng to
,::Und
rr;:= sha ri ni LhaL
Norr
for
yOU
-::
that
UUI JU; I U:
:l ;rrilers we
n.\. i:_it
-:en meeling -:pefu))y we --:':cpulaLion, : --. ln qeneral
ii:rl ::
seems a along the
irere fasler
Lime as our pasl pre:-i.jeni 7:-'_,_.: _, showed
The AClt{ \\ras
a
ucnCeti-
Srtnlr er' irrcniri .,r a, ,,)el-l',sparl<ed u'hen enthus:.s-.-
I
aboul lhaL ireelieni Il'; : Lo all uho lere there :..: .-, of confidence and i.c-: ----
1\,1ay/JLrne 1989
--.:::Ln! some su/t a/
!.:nilna
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relevant, I love mixing words with prctures and music. Anything so that the audience will have a good time
with 29 recommendatrons to con tinue improving Lhe environmet for Alberta's writers.
and come back.
I
During the weel< read to abouL fifteen hundred kids At every school Lhey lold me how much theY love 'l{e are havrng arlists come making headway in that direction Please ask teachers and parents to harass the department of education All we have to do is push and get
in.
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Linda Rosers Vice President's Repor[. Vih.lr. National Book Festival is over. Such a lot of energy going both rvays. Soulh lsland had events in Duncan and Victona. The theme was Llving Book and so I focused on performance art. In Duncan, we had Ariel 0'Sulliban, Garl Harris and bill bissett. The roof came off. ll was an outrageous evening rn the snoozy
litlle
T
I I
through the Poor British Columbra Writers Almanac the other day and read that 1989 will be an even busiet" year than we antrcipated.
I was paging
town.
BC \Vriters.
ln layman's terms, in two years tJ Federation will have a 4,000 squa foot store front offrce space in t. 900 block of Howe Street, rent fr for the life of the building, In trven yeat"s xre will have Lo pay matntr nance cosls. The space will have reading room for the works of rvriters, a reading workshop spa available at a nominal cosl lo oth writers' groups and first class o fices for the Federatron. The oth provincial writers' guilds are en\r 0us.
The next night, we moved the festivilies to Victoria. bill found oLtL via my mailbox thal he js banned rn }\Ieslhill, 0niario for queslionable Lhoughls, questionable ianguage and dropprng his capital letters. That cerlainly got us up for Lhe big nighL
ai
Bob lTebster Executive Report
Looking beyond the coming yea VancoLrv-el Cily Council has votr unanimously to support the bonut ing proposal for the Federatron
Thls year we have the new office space; Lhe lVriiers Bridging Culi.trres Road Tour; increasing the frequency of ITordWorlis; corporale fund-rarsing; a Victorra 0ffice; flogging Have 1{e Got A Writer For Youl and the 1989 Literary Aris Directory.
This space is valued aL $900,000 in 1989 dollars, of course Please lake the Lime to compl the rnsert and return tt. Have a nice day.
Open Space,
0pen Space has been ravaged bY internal politics. Our evenl was meanl to be a healer and it rvas. Patrrcia Young read a new envirott-
mental poem
to
introduce Dan RLrbin's beautiful musical prcLure book about the Queen Charlottes and at the end there was silence ltl<e a
prayer. Really
moving.
This all goes to supporl my noLiorr lhat readings should be lively and May June 1989
Maurice Jenkinson Executive Assistant Report
Busy,
I altended the Alberta }Vrilers GLrild conference in CaJgary and amazed Lhem with lales of our phenomenal growlh olrr new office, our Members' Directory and fund-raising hi-jinks They were congratulating BC writer Andreas Schroeder for "Word For Word," a sludy on ihe business of u'riling in Alberl.a. lt rs a very useful reporL, rvellwriLLerr, u,ell thoughl orrt, //10flil/,'0fl/6'
0ur
corporaLe fundralsing cal paign is norv in full gear. A perso
appeal from Peler C. Nelman I accompany rnlormaLion kils that out to i.he corporaljons in BC. ( hopes rnclude suppori for coml titron, expansion of WordWorks t updaled versjons of ihe lVriters the Classroom and LiLerary I Di reclori es. (next pa t)n
This year's AGM was a great success. There rras an exhilarating feeling of a communiLy of rnteresLs. I had Lhe
pleasure of rneeling many of ottt members and regional reps for the firsL lime. They wilJ no longer bc disembodred voices ovel" a crackling telephone line With the hiring of the new Section 38 slaff, Lhe workload on Bob, Lynne,
and me has been reduced. Ctndy, ivlarjorie and Gaii have gone slraight lo u,ork from the frrst day, wiih one resLrlL being the "ner,v" lVordtr\ror'l<s Lhat you have received. The readrngs and tr{orl<shops Commitlee (of which I am a parL) is busy selting up short- lerm lVriters-lnResidency programs in conjunclion u,ith the Canada Council. We are also puLLing together worltshops and readirrgs for fall. I urge members lo serve 0n this northwhile commrLlee lL's a greal way to meet olher u'ri Lers
this way. lf so, please call and
say
hello.
The Prjnce Ruperl
-l{rilers'Gror-rp
writers in the anv inleresl in a 3day workshop- social - open - reading cvenl? We'd try Lo billel as many
woLrld like lo hear from
out-of-torvner"s as possible and or
find reasonable accommodation,
BC
May June 1989
624-
6312
Bring in a coupJe of guesls whose material comes from the north, It wouldn't have lo cost much---just a per" person fee to covet" expense. l{e are Lhrnking of a spring 1990 weekend
This fall we've invlled Andrerv lVreggitt, poet and script writer to read
and workshop. Sandra Birdsell should make it here to read in both Terrace and Ruperl ihrough North lVesl CommuniLy College. Readings and rvorkshops rlre hosLed lasL yeai' inclLrded Joan MacLeod, I,[argareL HolJingsrvorth and Myrna l{osLash. 5th annual North Coasl Colleclron is al lhe nrinlers and should be ready for Seafest, Jr,rne B- 1 1. Thanks to any of you who submitted,
lhe repion I lran lrorL SL Jolrn, blt maybe some of yorr uill be corning
l'm looking forward to serving
my with there's any news, the Fed lf term lel me know, Box10B0, Prince RuperL,
OLrr
I've recently taken over from l(aren Ballenger as northern r"ep Prince Rrrnert isn'l anv mot'e 'ccnLral" Lo
which I'll be allending A good week Lo be oLrL of Lown.
rcoion ls lhcre
i
Jean The
plays about a north coast fishing family will air June 5-9. Same week of the Radio Drama rvorkshop in Banff
Terrace lTriters' Guild have a 2nd colleclion of Northwest Skelches comirrg ouL soon. Their guild is also working on a documenlary for CF'fl( Lelevrsion about a series of plays on alcohol abuse rvhich were rvriiten and slaged by Skeena Junior High
Ann Walslt Centre Coastal Thrs ycar''s
AGlt4 aL
Crescenl Beach u'as
one of lhe besl I have allended as a regronal rep., allhoLrgh )u,onder rf llrerp is somc sio rrif icr rrcc in hcinn '.,.'b assioncd lo tcnd har holh niohlq As always, these meetings are a place to meel new members and renew fnendshinq wilh neonlc mcl lhrorro'h lhc ",,,y"
Ped over" other years. For
me,
ClrnsLjc Harris' delrghlful acceptance
as she recejved her life mpmholslrin \'La\ or)c of llre lriohliohls ''b'.',t],,." of lhe AGlt{ All organizations need a 'nrrppn mnlhpr' :nd fhrisl ip'q ruvrv u ore(r -
speech
5r
I have been working on a colleciion of shorl sLorjes for the JasL year or so wiLh Lhe assrstance of an Explorations granL I've just finished a
ciousness and genuine interesi tn other people make her a person we at"e proud to have as our 'royalLy'. Even the busrness meetings at the AGMs seem to be .oel.tin.o shorLer and more rnLeresling, Lhanks probably lo ihe firm guidance of our executive djreclor, Bob All in all, a good conference
series for Molninpside Drama. These
this year!
students.
l,r'
)
amusrng message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Good night and sood wrcsllino
Virginia Dansereau
- Okanagan
Outside strmulation and a httle free time to fantasize on the beach are a
Bob Wakulich South Islands Greetings from Daffodil Central, My
name is Bob Wakulich and I am lhe SouLh lslands Regiona) Rep, Laking over from Linda Rogers, who ltas gone on lo an execuilve posl. I live in Saanichton, whrch is kind of half pervay beLween everyLhing, and riodically manage to make a living as
I
a
vjdeo production technician, a trade which is often as lucrative as mosl kinds of writrng. I'm ongtnally from St, Catherines,Ontario, like the other Bob, and I cook a mean perogi,
Jusl having started,
I
don't really
have much to reporl, but Iwould like
to hear from regional members. I'd like Lo sLage a few readings over the next year, and if anyone rs interested in readrng as a part of a video program, probably al a cable slalion in Sidney please let me knon I'll also Lry io keep up wrth evenls and oLher lrLerary happenings in lhe region, and I thoughL iL may be nice to have a social event or two, just so members in this neck of the woods can meet each other, tall<, have an excuse to go out and so on, If any
nf lhiq inlprpslq \/nr nlprsp nall
nrpfprahlv hpfnrp midniohl (8 224491. Even if I'm nol home, my answering machine usually has an J\4ay
June 1989
winning combinafion to anyone artistically rnclined, The March conference at Crescent Beach was precisely lhat and mor"e. My congratulaLions lo Lhe slaf f for choosing Lhe r"inhl nlrcc and riohl nconle oncc agarn.
Pat Horrobin Vancouver
I am a poet and a former student o1 Earle Birney. I work as a librarian/ storyteller, and have experience as a newswriter, editor and broadcast er.
Speaking of riglrL places, Lhe Okanagan is idyllic at the moment: the aroma of apple blossoms, the twitter of birds, leaves opening to the sprrng rain, the lush green hills admiring lhemselves in the clear blue waLer of Lhe lakes. lt's wonderful. Do visil Lrs this summer
Writing-wise, the plans for the 0ctober 89 Writer-ln-Residence with Sandy Duncan are going ahead. All r{e need now is Canada Councrl approval and four more participants for the three-evening workshop in l(elou,na. The genres are adLrlt ficlion and children's ILeraLure, J'he fee is $42 PrivaLe consulLaLion will also be ai ailable, free of charge. Kelorvna's dates are October 17 - l9 and Vernon's are October 20 22. Perhaps some of you from the Penticton area would be interested rn makrng the dnve to Kelowna. lf so, please callme al 542-4166 or wrrte to 9004 Russet Drive, Vernon, BC VlB 2B7
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Enough about me. The Greater Vancouver members aL the AGM caucused and expressed interest in having at least two all day or half day workshops rn non-ficlion
wriiing techniques, markets, genres. If you are interested in helping make this happen contact me at 266-1174 The last of the Third Thursday open readings at Cafe Cafe took place on May 18. But don't despair. Fed and
local Eastside poets are having ad hoc open readings biweekly on Fri-
days aL ?:30 (May 12,26', June 9, 23), same locaLion. ln the next issue of WordlVorks, organizer Dick Bird will let us know of Weslside locations and da Les.
In addrtion, plans for the
Summer
Potluck and 0pen Reading are well underway. Detarls are in lhe EvenLs seclion And Vancouver assislanI rep Bill Jajic is organizing a manu(nexl page)
scripi round-robin, Contact hjm at 321 - 138g to particrpate.
l'here are opportunities aL CITR (102 i fM) 332 Carrall Lo submjL wrlting for the foJiowrng programs: Radiofreerainforesi,, priimati"c anJ
gr0ups and book world events. lf there is enough informatjon to cir_ culate we may start a local news_
letter
Women Do This Every Duy. F;;. information call 684-84g4.
_Sandra Hariline I(ootenary Region Ten writers (almosl a third of the Kootenay membership) met jn CastJegar recenily and there u,".
plans to meel reguJarJy, aJternattng Dettl'een member readings (t0 m;n_ Lrtes max) and programs designed to grve practical jnformatjon. We are approaching 30 members nowl The
Fed recently sponsored lwo locaj readings by Nelson noveljsls Hazel Jameson, author of Icn Dollars alri Dream.
The following three events wjll have occurred when this issue goes to print, bul it's njce to lel eieryone know what we've been up to. 0n AprjJ
21 Bjll
Deverell read at Curpi.ii River pubJic library. ,l aayiton! wrilers' semjnar, sponsored iy the Comox Valley Writers' Club, 'tooli place on April ZZ. Also in April a literary celebration at Curpl.f t Rover s Page Eleven nooiurfor., . hosted proprielor Margo Cormack. Thjs last event pres"ented a prize ior besl hmerick on manu scnpt releciron.
!l
_
Moira Morningsiar NorLh lslan?s Greetings! As lhe new North Islands
I
jnviie reglonaJ represenlative, rnembers to rvrite me (nox :SO Herjol Bay, BC VOp 1ll0) u,tth your ideals and dreanrs foi, lhis area. Lry to iollorv thlough ol .l'JJ u,hal look fonuaid t;
l can I
neLworl<ing rvtLh you, and lo Jearrlng
nue Van,
USZ 1Uz A
1'he Lonely Cry..."is a loose associa_
tron of June 19Bg
BC
writers
word after
a
word after
a
word is powen
_Margaret Atwood
Often lheir work is
fi
Bronte Street, Haiku Quarterly Seeks: fiction (5,000 lines); poetry (50 lines),
Lwrce yearly.
New Muse
Rates: $Z0/story;$5/poem Editor: Linda S. Valentine Market information is culled from a variety of sources. Interested writ-
ers are urged to verify addresses and request sample copies and contribulor's guidelines prior to makins submissions.
Address: 5428Ingram, Mesa
Seeks: ,AZ
USA 85203
CBC TV Seeks: new talent. Address: Dwight Gallinger, Script
Coordinator, Box 500, Stn Toronto, 0N M51{ 1E6
A,
Canadian fiction Magazine Seeks: "sholt frction of reasonable length and amazing depth" Deadline: June 15 Guest Editor: Gary Whitehead Address:306-151 }f Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
first
Impressions Publish-
ing House Seeks: novels, novellas,
Amaranth Review Seeks: poetry anq shori fictron (under 3500 words). Deadline: August 1
USA 21208
June 1989
rpleil
nharocs
Address: Box 412, Otlawa,0N K1N
of Contempt
"fun, risque,
off-the-wall
poetry" Rates: Contributor's copy Editor: Joe Blades Address: Box 3581 South, Halifax,
NS
B3J 3J2
Prism InLernational ficlion, poelry, drama, translations, and creaiive non-frction for a special Pacifrc Rim issue. No lengih Seeks:
restrictions. Deadline: September 1 Address: Pacific Rim lssue, PRISM International, Dept of Creative Writing, UBC, Vancouver, BC V6T 1,lr[5
Regina Leader-Post Seeks: book reviews. Rates: $20-$40, higher fees negotiab)e for lnnocr nicees
Weekend Editor: Pat Williams Address: Box 2020, Regina, SK S4P 3G4
Second lTind Seeks: seneral. lravel and healLh
ar-
licles for seniors. Address 15 Ketchum Sl, Westport CONN USA O6BBO
85079
Editor: Thomas F. Monteleone Address: Box 5788, Baltimore,
Rates: Advance $750.00 and 5% of
BV4
Address: Box 56235, Phoenix, AZ USA
Borderlands Seeks: "Fiction with no taboos, restrictions to 15,00C u'ords." r ,'ll nn Rates: up to $.07 a word
and
children's stories, any subjecL Deadline: For noveljas, June 30; chrldren's stories, June 15,
GENERAL TICTION
Contains 6 issues of the past year Address 4340 Coldfall Rd, Richmond BC V?C 1PB
Iris, A Journal About lYomen
DRAMA
Seeks: poetry and fiction. Deadhne: August 1 no
for the winter
issue Address:
lris, c/o
Women's Stud-
res, B-5, Garrett Hall, Unrversity
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA MD
usA 22903
Glenmore Dinner Theatre Seeks: scripts for three-act
pJays:
two-six characters, running trmes 30, 25,20 minules sets suitable for dinner LheaLre. Send spoofs, sil coms, Iarce, etc.
Literary Markets Yearbooks
v
Rates: Royaltres negotrable
Contact: Carljne RusseJl King Address: c o Playwright in Residence, B Woodfield Green, SW, Calgary, AB TZ}T 3Tg
Champagne Horror
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rng mystery, morbid humour" in lhe followrng genres: Fiction: 300- 1200 words Rates: $5-$20 Poetry, 6 to 30 hnes of "word magic" Rates: $S-$tO Also: brief bio and SASE Editor: Cathy Buburuz Address: The Penthouse, 1265-919C Alberta St, Regina, SK S4R 2P7
Eldritch Science Seeks: 7,500
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15,000 word fiction;
poetry with rhyme and metre. Edrtor: George Phjllies Address: Eldritch Science, 87-o Park Ave, Worcester, MA USA 01605
Jabberwocky horror, experimental prose to 5,000 words Co Editor: Jeff Vander Meer Seeks: SF, fantasy,
Address: 7701 51{ Cainesville,
fL
7th
Rates: .02 cents for articles and fiction; $1-$3 for poems
0n Spec Seeks fantasv, SF shosl irvl horror vr , Slrwuvr I vt stories to ?,000 words.
Year's Best Fantasy, Third
Address: Box 4727, Edmonton, T6E 5G5
SCIENCE TICTION
Seeks: "psychological horror, chill
Randomly, Box 12705, Gainesville, FL USA 32604-0?05
Place,
USA 32607
AB
Porcepic Books, for Tesseracts3, anthology to be published in 1
990
Seeks. reprinL Ianlasy and horror Editor: fantasy, Terri Windling Address: Endicott Studies, 63 Endi-
cott St, Boston, MA USA 02113 Editor: horror, Ellen Datlow Address:0mni, 1935 Broadway, York, NY USA 10023
Seeks: short stories and poems by Canadian SF writers, Address: SF Editor, Porcepic Books, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria, BC
New
JUVENILE
UBZ 2M2
Collier Macmillan, Canada Scavengers Newsletter Is. a marketing co-op for SP fantasy horror writers interested in smell nrpsq Cost: $10 50
US
Contacl: Janet Pox Address: 519 Ellinwood, Osage City, KS 66523-3538
Seeks: 10-20,000 words kids Canadian novels.
Address: RR 3, Killaloe, 0N KOJ 2A0
Dundurn Press Seeks: Canadran hisLory novels (3O,OO0 words) for children 14 and up.
Editor: Kirk Howard
Science Fiction Randomly Seeks SF fantasv and horror to 10,000 words. "Socio-politically conscious" articles on a variety of subjects
Ralcs Pavs in conie5. r UJU llt vvyt\ Address: Science Frctton Randomly,
c
o
Random Productions,
Box
12705, Gainesville, FL USA 32604-
Jugular, Tales of True Terror
0705
Seeks: Splatterpunk, gothic, psy chological and occult horror to 10,000 words Rates: Pays one quarter cent a word and trvo copies. Address: Hawk, Science Fictron
Serendipity Magazine Seeks: SP, fanlasy, horror
May June 1989
Annual Collection
mainstream fiction.
Address: 1558 Queen St, E, Toronto, ON M4L 1EB
Greey De Pencier Books Seeks: long novels (30-40
000
words) for 10 years and up. Edilorial Director: Sheba Meland Address: 56 The Esplanade, fl306 Toronto, 0N MsE 1A7
Oxford University Press Seeks: fantasy or farry iales with or and
withoul rlluslratrons, Address: 70 Wynford Drive, Don Mills, ON M3C 1J9
b
lnsrder Practical Guides on how io get published will be as helpful as the monographs.
NON-TICTION Today's Parent Seeks: Features between 1,700 and
Practical Guides on How to get Published
3,000 words thaf are "positive, supportive and informative;" also columns to 850 words, Rates. $400-$900 Editor: Fran Fearnley Address: RR 1, Bailieboro, 0N
KOL
1B0
Canadian lTorkshop Seeks. pieces on home maintenance
and renovations,
I'dilnr Cindv l(iqler Address: 130 Spy Courl, Markham, ON L3R 5H6
Basil Jackson, a member, reports that he now has a series of five lnsider practical Guides io complement the successful lnsider Monographs Series 100 he made available to members last September
"While
the Insrder
Monographs
teach the creative side of writrng a novel or short story, the Insider Practical Gurdes shoit horv to go about the next step: how to get your novel or short story published," he says.
currentl 1f you have any rnformalion on the markets Help us slay
listed in WordWorks please notify us.
The success of the monographs resulLed in his selling up lhe Writer's Help Bureau to handle them. He believes that the new
His own record: nine nove)s published in the United States, Canada, and Britain, with several translations, including three novels in Japanese.
Details, price, and free sampJe pages of the new lnsider Praclical Guides may be had, rvithout obligaiion, by writing or phoning: WriLer's
Help Bureau, 15
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tripiine in membershiP that ttrat tinanclal Probiems ltave and services lhat our sisler budget) give their.members' we fear that our PhotocoPier may exPire at anY moment' you can resl whatever y'u can spare the Federation' would be deeply appreciated' i,he Please take the i'ime to read be iou, 1n..,,*.riutt'hip' year' assured ihai, the m.ney wrll .used Wotaryorks for the coming in utit**ftdgtO be wili llr .onirliuioi,
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nAl IJNTmAm n UA]N_,H1\ ]ilJA ffi UF' EVEN TS 0kanagan Summer School of the Arts, Penticton The following courses are pJanned for Summer 19Bg: 1) Creatrve Writing for profit with David Watmough, July 10- 14, 1989 7-9 pM Tuitjon: $60 00
2) HaiJ<u, with Anna Vakar July 12- 14, & 17 ,18, j9B9 9 noon Tujtjon: $20 00
3) Scene lTriting, with
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July 17-21, IgBg g AM-noon Turtron: $70 00 Nechako Valley Summer School of the Arts, Vanderhoof
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David Walmough offers worlishops and consultations in penticton Fbr
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information, call Heather Glebe at 492-1092 June 18, 19Bg The Greaier Vancouver Chapter of the Romance 'l{riters Associatron announces Lunch with Harleouin.
To register, send $20 cheque or money order by June 1l to; RI1IA Grealer Vancouver Chapter, clo .l?!49 - 216ih Sr, Maple itidg., BC VzX 5K7
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June 22 - 26, lg8g The 68th Annual Conference of the Authors Association wjil be held al
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Sorry for misinformation in the last issue of WordWorks: Room of One's Own is still at: Box 46160 Slation G. Van, BC V6R 4G5
llandicap Ncws has changed named
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Connection, 3060 E Bridge Sl, #342, Brrghton, C0
Thc nerv National Co-ordinalor for lhe Canada Councii's Natronal Bool<
Ireslival is: Josiane Polidari. Dtrecl all correspondence to her atlenlion. A member reports thal Come Hold Lhc Moon is no )onger responding to
manuscripts or queries at rts old address: David Gordon-MacDonald, Box 5609, Stn B, Victoria, BC VBR 654 for an lmployllus CranL lf Lhe granL comes
The fED has applied rrrcnL
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LhroLrgh the following positions
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1 ) Promotions Co-ordjnator 2) Volunteer Co-ordinator 3) Fundraiser +) 0ffice Co-ordinator
These positions will be directly linked I o the tr\riLers Bridgtng CLrl Lures Road Tour '89. Parltcipanls will be expected to be rnvolved and supportrve of other FED activities. For information, call Bob Webster, at
the Federation
June 1989
HAVE THEY GOT A WRITER FOR YOU Looking for a writer to spice up that Annual Report? Need an editor to improve your syntax? Or tell you what syntax is? A screenwriter for the new video? A humourist to fix that speech? Someone to teach the basics of good English?
The Federation of British Columbia Writers has just published, with funds made available by the Provincial Minsitry of Social Services and Housing, Have We Got a Writer for You!, a directory of over 250 writers from across BC. More than a hiring hall, Have We Got a Writer for You! is a valuable directory for teachers, business people, librarians, community arts personnel and members of the reading public.
Compiled and published by the Federation of BC Writers, Have We Got a Writer for You! samples the talents of Federation members who are Editors, Screenwriters, Novelists, Ghost Writers, Researchers, Playwrights, Poets, Journalists, Biographers, Teachers, Critics, Translators, Technical Writers and Historians. Copies are available for $14.95 including postage and handling by calling 683-2057 or toll free inside BC but outside the Lower Mainland 1-800-663-0796, or by writing: Federation of BC Writers MPO Box 2206 Vancouver BC V6B 3W2. The Federation of BC Writers' membership boasts over 800 professional and aspiring writers of all genres, across the province. As Western Canada's largest writers' organization their mandate is to bring together the reading public and the writing profession,
Have We Got a Writer for You! makes one of BC's most under utilized resources - its writers - accessible.
office: 683-2057
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}MELOOfuflE Summer is almost upon us and the lgBB membershio drjve is far behind us but, as you can see by the new membership list, applications continue to roll in. Membership is now hovering around g00, and we have a good chance of reaching our target of 1000 members by the fall of 1989,
to all who responded to our most recent push for renewal. Your continuing support is vital. Thanks
Personal apologies go out to those who, through computer or clerical errors, received renewal notices desptte having renewed already. lTith such a large membership, it's impossible to avoid a few mistakes. 5o far, fewer than 10 members have complained of such errors--pretty good odds, l'd sayl
To all members, old and new: Welcome from Melcombel
Linda Addison Rose Marie Ayres Mia Bailly laurel Baird
Allan Barr Rock Bates Sheila Baxter Susan Baxter
Arthur P. Beel Dr. Cyril Belshaw Joy Hamilton Benwell
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North Vancouver Abbotsford Vancouver Vancouver
Doug Calder
[antzville
Art
Valemount Denman Island Courtenay
Carson
Hersh Chernovsky Edith Read Christie Tara Clarke Gayl DeCoursey
Ron Dobie
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0liver Prince George
Vancouver
Blake Desaulniers
ryslemof signs or symbols which denote real occurrences, or their echo in tlw hwnan soul." Carl Gustav Jung
Nanaimo
John G. Bowen Alan D. Bratus Sabina Maria Brennenstuhl Catherine Bryson Malerie Burton Laura Busheikin
JIT Dennison
"... Language is originally and essentialty nothing but
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West Vancouver White Rock Vancouver Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Vancouver Delta Vancouver
Julie Elizabeth
Denman Island Vancouver
Sarah Ellis
Vancouver
David Firman
Vancouver
Daniel Francis Marion Gonneville Carol Y. Graham Carolp Grant Marlyn Graziano
North Vancouver Vancouver Delta Vancouver
Surrey
JE Grove
Delta
Genni Gunn Xerez Haffenden
White Rock
Joan Haggerty Maggie Hayes Johnannes Ilendrikus
Vancouver Vancouver Ganges
Nanaimo
NEVW fu{EfuflBERS Jim Heneghan Janice Hodgkinson
Vancouver Surrey Surrey
Joining the Federation of BC t{riters is one of the best in touch with the issues that effect youl
ways to stay
Sharon B. Horn Jessica Jolicouer Laurie Jones }Tilliam Klatt
Prince George
Gary Knox
Vancouver
Dr. David Chuenyan Lai Gaetan J. Iaviolette
Victoria
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Royston
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North Vancouver
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Kimberley
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Qualicum Beach New Westminster
Sandra A. MacDonald A. McAlpine
Vancouver Vancouver
Keiih McQuiggan
Trail
John Mclean
Surey
Scott Miller
Canyonville
Anne M. Moore Bob l,|oran
Colwood
Virginia Moran Moira Morningstar Rita Noack Cary O'Malley
West Vancouver
Vancouver Vancouver
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Rosselind Sexton Doris Shadbolt Ron Sheffield
Margaret Sutton
Alta Tanis
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