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HAROLD RHENISCH NAMED WINNER OF COVETED RYGA AWARD
The winning book for this year's George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in
BC Literature is The Wolves at Evelyn: A Journey Through A Dark Century (Brindle & Glass) by versatile, poet, essayist and fiction writer Harold Rhenisch.
Runner-up manuscripts were Nobody's Mother, edited by Lynne Van Luven with a foreword by Shelagh Rogers, and Red Light Neon, A History of Vancouver's Sex
Trade, by Daniel Francis. This year's final Judge was Professor Sharon Josephson, who teaches Communications and Media Studies at Okanagan College.
North Okanagan College Dean, John Lent, one of the preliminary judges of
the 20 books submitted by publishers from across western Canada, said "I'm not surprised at all. Harold Rhenisch is increasingly recognized as one of the best writers in the country. Sharon has made a wonderful choice.";
The 4th Annual Ryga Award presentation to Harold Rhenisch will occur at a gala award ceremony, in Vernon, on Friday, July 27th, at 8 p.m., hosted by CBC Daybreak's Marion Barschel-coincidental with the late George Ryga's 75th birthday.
Featured entertainers for this special evening at Vernon's Powerhouse Theatre will be the Okanagan-based musical maestros Rob Dinwoodie & Dogwood Road. The Ryga Award recipient will once again be presented with The Censor's Golden Rope, a unique piece of sculpture recreated annually by Armstrong sculptor Reg Kienast.
The George Ryga Award is sponsored by The George Ryga Centre, Okanagan
College, BC BookWorld and CBC Radio One, Kelowna. . For more information on Harold Rhenisch and George Ryga, visit www.abcbookworld.com.
Tickets for the July 27th event at The Powerhouse Theatre are now available
at The Bean Scene in Vernon (558-1827) and The Brown Derby Café in Armstrong
(546-8221).
The winning book for this year's George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in
BC Literature is The Wolves at Evelyn: A Journey Through A Dark Century (Brindle & Glass) by versatile, poet, essayist and fiction writer Harold Rhenisch.
Runner-up manuscripts were Nobody's Mother, edited by Lynne Van Luven with a foreword by Shelagh Rogers, and Red Light Neon, A History of Vancouver's Sex
Trade, by Daniel Francis. This year's final Judge was Professor Sharon Josephson, who teaches Communications and Media Studies at Okanagan College.
North Okanagan College Dean, John Lent, one of the preliminary judges of
the 20 books submitted by publishers from across western Canada, said "I'm not surprised at all. Harold Rhenisch is increasingly recognized as one of the best writers in the country. Sharon has made a wonderful choice.";
The 4th Annual Ryga Award presentation to Harold Rhenisch will occur at a gala award ceremony, in Vernon, on Friday, July 27th, at 8 p.m., hosted by CBC Daybreak's Marion Barschel-coincidental with the late George Ryga's 75th birthday.
Featured entertainers for this special evening at Vernon's Powerhouse Theatre will be the Okanagan-based musical maestros Rob Dinwoodie & Dogwood Road. The Ryga Award recipient will once again be presented with The Censor's Golden Rope, a unique piece of sculpture recreated annually by Armstrong sculptor Reg Kienast.
The George Ryga Award is sponsored by The George Ryga Centre, Okanagan
College, BC BookWorld and CBC Radio One, Kelowna. . For more information on Harold Rhenisch and George Ryga, visit www.abcbookworld.com.
Tickets for the July 27th event at The Powerhouse Theatre are now available
at The Bean Scene in Vernon (558-1827) and The Brown Derby Café in Armstrong
(546-8221).
Submitted on July 23, 2007 in By David.
