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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Denise Marsh <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Barbara Bell <barbara.bell@vernonmuseum.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Press Release: GVMA hosts "Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga" Slide Presentation/Book Signing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sept. 27, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Off-road and off the grid: Chris Czajkowski, Wilderness Dweller and Author, Visits Vernon<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> Greater Vernon Museum & Archives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Dates:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Wednesday October 25th, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt"> 7:00pm -8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cost: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">$5.00/person<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">250-542-3142 to pre-register<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join bestselling author Chris Czajkowski--and her gregarious and lovable pack dog Harry--for a slide show based on her new book,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga</span></em> ($22.95, Harbour Publishing), which provides a fascinating depiction of living in the wilderness--from a dog’s eye view.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Czajkowski’s presentation, which will be followed by a book signing, is taking place at the
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Greater Vernon Museum & Archives</span></strong> (3009-32<sup>nd
</sup>Avenue) on <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday, October 25 at 7:00pm</span></strong>. Tickets are $5.00 and pre-registration is recommended.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Featuring many photos, illustrations and stories about their other canine companions, the slide presentation portrays their off-the-grid life and how Chris established an ecotourism business, built cabins by hand and scratched out a living
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga</span></b></em>, which is written entirely from Harry’s perspective, is an adventure story that combines Harry’s own observations
about his years with Chris with reminiscences from his other canine companions (wise Badger, beautiful Ginger and his literary predecessor Lonesome). He describes how, living in the remote wilderness, the dogs have a rich life, although not one without its
difficulties. Often residing in areas accessible only by float plane, they have encountered grizzlies and cougars, slept in the snow, hiked with packs of food and equipment, and gotten into some perilous scrapes. Harry relates these stories with good humour
and many quizzical observations about human behaviour.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chris Czajkowski</span></strong> lives in a small community in BC’s interior and has written eleven books about her nearly thirty years of wilderness living, including
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Snowshoes and Spotted Dick: Letters from a Wilderness Dweller</span></em>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wildfire in the Wilderness, Ginty's Ghost: A Wilderness Dweller's Dream</span></em> (all Harbour Publishing) and
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lonesome: Memoirs of a Wilderness Dog</span></em> (TouchWood Editions).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This event is made possible with the support of the Greater Vernon Museum & Archives and the Canada Council for the Arts. For more information, or to pre-register for the slide show, please phone the Museum at (250) 542-3142.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, to schedule an interview with <b>Chris Czajkowski</b>, or to request a copy of
<b><i>Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga</i></b>, contact Marisa Alps at Harbour Publishing: email:
<a href="mailto:marisa@harbourpublishing.com"><span style="color:windowtext">marisa@harbourpublishing.com</span></a>, phone: 604-883-2730
<a href="http://www.harbourpublishing.com">www.harbourpublishing.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:#002060">Denise Marsh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marketing & Communications Coordinator <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">250.542.3142 <span style="font-family:Symbol">|</span> 3009-32<sup>nd</sup> Ave. Vernon, BC V1T 2L8
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