For Immediate Release:
National Book Launch of award-winning author’s book Call Me Aram which was to take place in Georgetown on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 has been rescheduled to Wednesday February 4th due to the giant snowstorm. Times and places are all the same.
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of many books for children, including Daughter of War and Prisoners in the Promised Land from the Dear Canada series. Of particular interest to Georgetown residents was her 2006 book Aram’s Choice, the true story of a group of Armenian refugee orphans who in 1923 made the long journey from Greece to Georgetown.
Call Me Aram continues the story of the Georgetown Boys, telling of life at the farm (now Cedarvale Park), for these 100 orphans who arrived speaking no English and bringing with them a completely different culture.
Both books were adapted into a play “The Georgetown Boys” by Sam Hancock and presented by The Georgetown Little Theatre to sold-out crowds in May 2008.
Ms Forchuk Skrypuch will be speaking to local students in the afternoon and will be at The Freckled Lion Bookstore between 4 and 6, and 7:00 – 9:00 PM to talk further about her book, the Armenian genocide, as well as Canada’s, and particularly Georgetown’s, role in this international relief effort. She will also be available to sign copies of the book. Family members of some of the original Georgetown Boys will be in attendance as well.
Date: Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Time: 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 PM
Location: The Freckled Lion Bookstore, 56 Main Street South, Georgetown ON
Media Contact:
Kate Murray
The Freckled Lion Bookstore
56 Main Street South, Georgetown ON L7G 3G3
905-873-1213
