On Wednesday evening, November 16 Ron returned to the scene
of one of his boyhood haunts, the Dunbar Community Centre. Ron grew up in a
house his Dad built near the intersection of 36th Avenue and Crown Street , close
to the University Endowment Lands–a magical place, filled with frog ponds,
virgin forest, and the sound of tugboats on the Fraser River
There were about forty people in the audience, some
long-time friends, (I hesitate to say old)
my brother, Bill, and my sister-in-law, Linda, some stroke survivors and many
friends and family of people currently struggling to recover from a brain
attack. A number of people who were in the audience had heard about the launch
on the radio, on North by Northwest.
Ron Hatch of Ronsdale Press introduced Ron, who proceeded to
read sections from The Defiant Mind
interspersed with questions from the audience. At 8:30 pm the formal part of
the evening ended. While Ron signed copies of his book, the majority of the
group enjoyed the refreshments provided by Veronica Hatch, courtesy of Ronsdale
Press.
At the end of the evening, Alan Twigg, founder and publisher
of BC BookWorld took photos of the
two Ronnies. These photos will NOT appear in the current issue of BC BookWord, which has just come out,
but a wonderful review of The Defiant
Mind written by Mark Forsythe DOES.
Thank you to all who participated, and to Meagan of Ronsdale
Press for her continuing assistance.
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