a ae ae ee Py the Og ee AEST Ae Bo BEE GaP LE I gh gt ak pies By LUCILLE FISHER | The national Book Festival i is s taking place this week, It is a celebration of Canadian books and magazines. The: festival is sponsored by the Canada Couiicil, and Edward © Schreyer will personally .. present... the Governor General's literary awards to this- year’s win- ners. _ Many. new and exciting Canadian books have been | appearing on the shelves of | the -West. -Vancotiver Memorial Library this year. “The Northen Magus” by Richard Gwyn * a fascinating examination of both the Sieg nature. and more * “than 100° ° ‘interviews Gwyn has been able to dig. out the true account: ‘of: how Trudeau was originally” persuaded to run for’ leadership ‘of the. Liberal party, and why | he returned as leader in 1979. He discusses Trudeau's “tur- bulent marriage; and . analyses his political . decisions on everything from bilingualism to wage and price controls. ; Pierre Berton’ 's “The. Invasion of Canada- 1812- 1813”, is a real page-turner. Drawing on personal. memoirs and diaries as well as official dispatches, Berton has ‘woven a tale of our nation’s beginnings.. The Canadian way of life, says Berton, has its roots in the invasion of Canada. “Wei ‘are Canadians and = not ~ Americans because of a foolish war that scarcely anybody wanted or needed but. which, once launched, none knew how to stop.” [Wednesday to Friday Special ” - Margaret Atwood lives on a farm near Alliston, On- tario, with novelist Graeme Gibson and their three-year- old daughter Jess. Her book “Life before Man” is a Sensitive portrayal of’ a modern marriage. Her characters are people whose vivid lives reflect some art of every’ one of us: the wife Elizabeth searching for answers to her longings and ‘finding the solutions in the wrong: men; Nate, her gentle husband, unable to make. decisions. Atwood can hold your interest from the first page to the last. If you have. ever felt like chucking the whole thing — and going into business ‘for yourself, Andy Turnbull has written a book that ‘you ‘Should read. It's called “Another Way”. The author ‘interviews many Canadians who have foraged out on their own. It’s ,full of good ‘ideas if you are feeling like a change. -- FAMILIAR NAME The name Stuart Keate is familiar to all of us. In_his book “Paper Boy” he describes how he started out as a paper delivering the Province and fell in love with printer's ink. He tells of the -excitement of seeing his first article with. his name besitle “it. Even though: he ‘distinguished himself as a reporter,” : ‘publisher, ‘and _policy-maker it is evident that he -remained his own humble _- person, told in ai most full of ” exuberance and curiosity. It’s nice to ‘settle ‘down with a book that you know you are ‘to get. a chuckle .out of. Constance Beresford-Howe's book, “The -Book of Eve”, was written in 1973 but if you haven't read it yet you are in for a treat. It’s the story of a 65. year old lady who, one morning on impulse, walks out of a forty-year-old marriage, leaving her invalid husband calling querulously for his breakfast. It’s the day that her first Old Age. Pension cheque arrives. She rénts a basement suite in Montreal and at first feels no remorse at all. However after a while she ‘begins. to . feela little guilty and decides to visit her husband only to find out that he has recovered and is having an affair with the housekeeper. After that she feels quite liberated at last and decides to have an affair herself. It's prickly charming way. FREE VERSE Florence McNeil has written “Walhachip” in free Ramp okayed Neigh- . bourhood House will get the o North. Shore money from North Van- couver City to construct a wheelchair ramp leading to |: the house, City, council decided Monday. “, ~~ Council, also approved prants of varying amounts for the North Shore Museum and Archives, the Lower Lonsdale Information Centre and North Shore Family Services. May 13, 14815 verse, She reminds us of the: settlers who came from _ England to colonize the area °. of Walhachin, by the~ Thompson River in B.C. Orchards sprang up an prosperity seemed on th way, but the First Worl War put an end to-this. Most ® of Walhachin's men never: came back from the war. : On May 14, from 3:30 to « 4:30, James Houston will be : visiting the West Vancouver — Memorial Library. He is a ~ Canadian authos-artist who . has written many. children's ‘: award winning novels. He thrilled adults and children: alike last year when he read’ from his popular book “River Runner”. He writes hauntingly of the Canadian Arctic, the Inuits and the Eskimos. His tatest adult novel “Spirit Wrestler” is a saga of an exotic land and a romantic people intertwined. with legend and reality that: excite the emotions. Bring the children after school to hear James Houston reading May 14, 3:30 at ‘the: West ' Vancouver Memorial Library, Phone 926-3291: for. OF COURSE YOU CAN CHARGE IT! information. ; t This card gives you. the power to make finanétal ' , transactions 24 hours a day, every day including ‘holidays, .and you don't have to wait in line. You can do your money transactions day or night . . . whenever it’s convenient for yout ° ° withdraw cash * make deposits * transfer between accounts Come in today and get your 24 Hour Teller Power card. Automated tellers are now located at 3 branches: | -® make loan payments @ make account balance inquiries Lonsdale Branch Lynn Valley Branch Marine Dr. Branch - 1100 Lonsdale Ave. osoonne eens 1080 Marine Dr, - 986-4321 986-1116 North Shore Community Credit Union. Our 40th Your Serving the North Shore.