[BCMA] 111 West Coast Literary Portraits Press Release (Nanaimo Museum on behalf of Mother Tongue publishing)

Wed Nov 7 10:38:12 PST 2012

Hello everyone,

Attached is a copy of the press release for a book launch & hallway exhibit happening at the Museum on November 24th 1:00pm - 3:00pm (exhibit runs until Jan 31st, 2013) - 111 West Coast Literary Portraits. The release comes on behalf of the publisher - Mother Tonque Publishing. The text is also pasted below to make things easier J

Thank you,

Becka M.

Becka Macdonald, Administrative Assistant

NANAIMO MUSEUM

100 Museum Way

Nanaimo, BC V9R 5J8

Phone: 250.753.1821

Website: nanaimomuseum.ca <http://www.nanaimomuseum.ca/> 

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Nov.7.2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Mona Fertig 250-537-4155 (mona at mothertonguepublishing.com)

Small publisher celebrates five years and launches BC author photography book with exhibition at the Nanaimo Museum November 24th-January 31st.

Mother Tongue Publishing of Salt Spring Island launches the long-awaited and beautiful photography book, 111 West Coast Literary Portraits, Photographs by Barry Peterson and Blaise Enright, text by BC authors, introduction by Alan Twigg with a two month exhibition of the portraits and text at the Nanaimo Museum November 24-January 31. A public reception will be held Saturday November 24th 1-3 pm. Local authors and Barry Peterson will be present. Books will be available for sale. Light refreshments will be served. Nanaimo and area authors included in the book and exhibition are Barry Broadfoot, Kim Goldberg, Katherine Gordon, Mairuth Sarsfield, George Szanto, Tim Lander, Des Kennedy, Amanda Hale, Joe Rosenblatt, Keith Harrison and more.

The original prints from the book will be exhibited over the next 8 months at the McGill Library in North Burnaby, the Nanaimo Museum, the Greater Victoria Library and the Arts Council of Greater Victoria Art Gallery and Café. 

111 West Coast Literary Portraits features rare portraits of emerging, midcareer and well-known writers who have lived in B.C. Peterson and Enright shot portraits in black and white to contrast the colourful nature of each writer and to minimize visual distraction from the "character" of each. The photographs supported literacy and were exhibited in many public spaces on the Coast between 1999 and 2008 with B.C. Hydro and B.C. Gas as major sponsors. Peterson used a Hasselblad camera with Carl Zeiss lenses, considered to be the best in the world. The film was hand-processed to ensure the highest quality. 

Barry Peterson completed his BA and Masters in Social Work and studied photography at the Ontario College of Art and exhibited in Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver. He exhibited On the Edge: Putting a Face on Homelessness, 2009-2011 on Vancouver Island. He lives in Comox B.C.

Blaise Enright studied photography, film and creative writing at the Ontario College of Art & Design. She was Executive Director of the Vancouver Cultural Alliance. She lives in Nelson, B.C. 

Authors in the book-

Caroline Adderson, Taiaiake Alfred, Colin Angus, Julie Angus, Chris Arnett, Joanne Arnott, Jean Barman, Gurjinder Basran, Joanne Bealy, Thomas R. Berger, Bill Bissett, Arthur Black, Robin Blaser, George Bowering, Marilyn Bowering, Kate Braid, Brian Brett, Barry Broadfoot, Anne Cameron, Trevor Carolan, Norma Charles, Jim Christy, Marie Clements, Wayde Compton, Claudia Cornwall, Lorna Crozier, William Deverell, Hadani Ditmars, Phinder Dulai, Marilyn Dumont, Daniela Elza, M.A.C. Farrant, Mona Fertig, George Fetherling, Patrick Friesen, Maxine Gadd, Charlotte Gill, Terry Glavin, Kim Goldberg, Katherine Palmer Gordon, Shirley Graham, R. W. Gray, Amanda Hale, Keith Harrison, Diana Hayes, Robert Hilles, Jack Hodgins, Pauline Holdstock, Irene Howard, Edith Iglauer, Rick James, Sandi Johnson, Eve Joseph, Des Kennedy, W.P. Kinsella, Theresa Kishkan, Joy Kogawa, Larissa Lai, Tim Lander, Patrick Lane, Evelyn Lau, Peter Levitt, Pearl Luke, Derek Lundy, Vera Manuel, Daphne Marlatt, George McWhirter, Roy Miki, Alice Munro, Sheila Munro, Susan Musgrave, Peter C. Newman, Eric Nicol, Bud Osborn, Kathy Page, P.K. Page, Morris Panych, John Pass, Stan Persky, Al Purdy, Meredith Quartermain, Jamie Reid, Stephen Reid, Bill Richardson, Lisa Robertson, Ajmer Rode, Linda Rogers, Joe Rosenblatt, Jane Rule, Mairuth Sarsfield, Andreas Schroeder, Gregory Scofield, Goh Poh Seng, Doris Shadbolt, George Stanley, Robert Strandquist, Peter Such, George Szanto, Timothy Taylor, Sharon Thesen, Peter Trower, Alan Twigg, Fred Wah, Betsy Warland, David Watmough, Phyllis Webb, Evelyn C. White, Howard White, Paula Wild, Rita Wong, Caroline Woodward, Ronald Wright, Rachel Wyatt, Max Wyman, Patricia Young.

QUOTE: "When it comes to West Coast writing and publishing, we have gone from famine to feast in less than a lifetime. This unprecedented array of portraits celebrates the feast."-Alan Twigg, publisher at B.C. BookWorld

111 West Coast Literary Portraits - http://www.mothertonguepublishing.com/?page_id=428 <http://www.mothertonguepublishing.com/?page_id=428>  

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