The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.2000, Qupperneq 40

Vol. 56 #1
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Introducing new board member
Wendy Johnson Brown
Wendy is an educator and therapist who has
worked passionately for many years to further the
rights of women and children. She is the parent of
three grown children, Kristen, Jon, and Caitlin. Her
parents, Joseph Johnson and Metta Thorkelson
Johnson (originally from Arnes), raised five children
in the small community of Eddystone, Manitoba, just
west of Lake Manitoba Narrows. In addition to an on-
going thirst for knowledge, her Icelandic legacy
includees both pride and patience, and the spirited atti-
tude of ‘carpe diem.’
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Eccentric
Voices
By Bill Holm
Milkweed, 2000.
$35.50 hardcover
ECCENTRIC VOICES
is a literary expedition
across the map to
islands both real and
imaginary.
PRAIRIE FIRE is a
Canadian magazine of
new writing. This edi-
tion contains the
works of many
Icelandic Canadian
writers.
PRAIRIE FIRE
Prairie Fire
Prairie Fire Press,
2000.
$11.95 Softcover
The Great Lake
ig By Frances Russell
Heartland Associates,
2000.
$24.95 Softcover
This beautifully illus-
trated book begins with
the geology of
Manitoba’s great lake
and traces its fascinat-
ing history.
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