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NOPTH VANCOUVER City Library’s French storyteller is Louise McKnight, CBC administrative assistant to the director of French Services and
director of French Radio. Here, McKnight reads to (left to right) Samanta Rios, Jerome Lassaga and Tarab Bonenfant. The library. will offer two
Freach storytinses on Saturdays, starting in September. The.11 a.m. class is for beginuers with low French vocabulary. The class at 2 p.m. is aimed
at Grade 1 to 7 French immersion students. Pre-register by calling 980-4424.

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Prize-winning
books in libraries

A SPECIAL library purchase pro-
gram recently announced by Rita
Johnston, minister of municipal
affairs, recreation and culture, will
ensure that everyone has access to
the five B.C. books which won
awards at the recent B.C. book
prize ceremonies.

Aniong the prize-winning books
is Mimosa, by North Vancouver’s
Bill Schermbrucker.

Through this program, which is
jointly supported by the Cultural
Services and Library Services
Branches, 275 copies of each of the
award-winning B.C. books will be
purchased and distributed to all
public libraries in the province.

“This initiative supports our ob-
jective to heighten awareness of
the best in British Columbia books
and to increase access to locai lit-
erary resources,’’ said Johnston.

Other B.C. book prize winners
include: Stein: The Way of the
River, by Michael M’Gonigie and
Wendy Wickwire (Talonbooks),
Trail to Heaven: Knowledge and
Narrative in a Northern Native

. Community, by Robin Ridington

@ouglas & McIntyre), Resistance
and Renewal, by Celia Haig-
Brown (Tillicum/Pulp), and Circi-
ing North, by Charles Lillard.

West Vancouver artist’s works te be exhibited

UTE HAGEN’S vibrant paintings
are on display at the Ferry Build-
ing at Ambleside Landing for one
week beginning August 22.

The German-born artist’s im-
pressionistic representations of

nature, still lifes and figurative
work reflect personal glimpses of
life that stir the emotions.

“That feeling or mood that ini-
tially touches my inner being or
soul — thet is what I am con-
tinuously striving tc express true to

myself on canvas or paper,’”’ says
Hagen.

For this show, viewers will be
treated to an assortment of works,

‘including Hagens’ ‘‘summer’’ or

“‘green’’ paintings and works in-
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