Presentation Joy Kogawa: Emily Kato Book Preview
Program highlights Join author Joy Kogawa for a preview of her new book, Emily Kato (formerly titled Itsuka). Politically charged and intimately poetic, this novel tells a story of extraordinary commitment, profound hope, and one community's struggle for justice.
Date Friday, August 5th 2005
Time 7:30pm
Location 

Central Library
Alice MacKay room - Lower Level
350 W. Georgia St.
Phone: (604) 331-3603

Admission Free
Co-sponsor One Book, One Vancouver co-sponsors: CBC Radio One, CBC Radio Two, 32 Books Co., Vancouver Opera, Penguin Group Canada, The Vancouver Sun, The Word on the Street

Joy Kogawa presents Emily Kato - the sequel to award winning novel Obasan (actually a re-write of Itsuka).  This follows the Obsan story many decades later when Obasan ("Auntie Emily"), asks Naomi to join the redress movement.

Joy sent me these messages:

Hi Todd,
Just thought I'd let you know that Emily Kato
(re-write of Itsuka) is being launched August 5,
7:30 in the Alice McKay room at the main library.
Hope to see you then. And please let others know. I don't have my address list when I travel. But I have your address.

 Joy

Hi Todd,

Nice to hear from you.  It turns out that there's a glitch and the book is not at the printers yet, so it will not be a book launch. A sort of book preview. I was hoping we could cancel and join with the Hiroshima Day commemoration ceremonies, but the librarian feels we can't cancel.
Anyway, thanks for all you are doing. I'm feeling a lot of gratitude for the opportunity to help.

Joy