<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">File and Photo Attached Below</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">June 27, 2018<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">What Do You Do?<span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Shedding light on the human condition.<span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">One story at a time.</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">An Evening with Begian writer<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> and journalist</span>, Sophie Radermecker</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br><span class="gmail-aqj">Wednesday, July 11, 7 - 9 pm</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-im">at the Caetani Centre</span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">Do you love storytelling? Or maybe just listening to other's stories?</span><br><span class="gmail-im">Perhaps you have a story to share?</span><br><br><span class="gmail-im">Everyone has at least one good story buried within them.<span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-im"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-im"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hot on the heels of her well-received biography on Julian Assange, <i>WikiLeaks: Warrior for Truth</i>, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Begian writer<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> and journalist</span>, </span><span class="gmail-im"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sophie Radermecker is more passionate than ever about telling provocative stories that inspire her audience.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:yellow"><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Join us for an evening of inspirational and interactive discussion as the Belgian author<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>shares her stories, and guides the audience on a quest for meaning and finding answers. While finishing the writing of her upcoming novel, “<i>The Mirror Of Possibiities”</i>at the Caetani Centre, her goal is to inspire with her own stories, to challenge people to be creative with their own quests, and to ultimately find the answers hiding deep within themselves.<span style="background-color:yellow"><span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Whether sitting down with the Queen of Belgium, a high-profile celebrity, or a high school student in need of a mentor, the broad spectrum of Sophie’s work reflects her enormous capacity to connect with all kinds of people. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Guided by a desire to elevate awareness and tolerance, she has a talent for gaining access to fascinating worlds and shedding light on narratives that are encouraging, thought-provoking, enriching, or just plain “feel-good.”<span></span></span></p><p style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:18pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Sophie Radermecker</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"> is a visiting writer from Los Angeles who is visiting Vernon for the second time, having previously stayed at the Caetani Centre in February 2017. <span></span></span></p><p style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:18pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">A native of Brussels, she has more than 15 years of experience as a journalist in print, radio and television, and as a producer in the entertainment industry in Belgium and France. <span></span></span></p><p style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:18pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">She is the co-author of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">biography </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://sophieradermecker.com/wikileaks.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:black">Julian Assange, WikiLeaks: Warrior for Truth</span></a></span></i></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, which was written in French and translated into four languages. In recent years, she has been writing for French-language newspapers and magazines, mainly </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">in Belgium and Switzerland.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p><p style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:18pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Her current project is an inspirational memoir, written as a novel, called </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Le Miroir des Possibles (The Mirror of Possibilities), inspired by her own journey from Brussels to Los Angeles. She is writing it in French, with plans to have it translated into English.<span></span></span></p><p style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:18pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Sophie will also give a reading from her current work, in English.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p><p style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-bottom:18pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">For more information please contact the Caetani Cultural Centre 250-275-1525 or visit our website at <a href="http://www.caetani.org/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline">www.caetani.org</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">30 -<span></span></span></p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px">File and Photo Attached Below</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px"></span>Much appreciated - Thank you!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Susan Brandoli<div>Executive Director</div><div>Caetani Cultural Centre</div><div><a href="http://www.caetani.org" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">www.caetani.org</a></div><div>250-275-1525</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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