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The mission of the Okanagan Institute is to contribute to the quality of creative engagement in the Okanagan through publications, events and collaborations. » Home » Events » Publications » Collaborations » The Institute » Contact  Kelowna BC Canada Telephone 250.870.2690 Email: Click here  Click here to help us improve our programs. |
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 Creator Glimpsed Serving Tea Poetic Journeys Derek Evans »» Limited edition of 200 signed copies | $5  Most of us, most of the time, seem to rush through our lives in a blur of plans and preoccupations, of schedules and fears. We press our way and spend our time in weighty chunks - of months and years, of decades and careers. Every now and then something may happen that allows us to step outside of our usual patterns, and to notice for a fleeting moment the power and beauty of the ordinary. For me, that rare moment tends to arrive when I am a traveler, when I am forced to scramble and grapple for perspective, when I am challenged to find a sense of being at home though surrounded by different lives in a distant place. Or just around the corner. Thus begins Creator Glimpsed Serving Tea by Derek Evans, the second chapbook in the series from the Okanagan Institute. Derek Evans is a writer, teacher, scholar, and activist. His work in peace and human rights spans three decades and five continents, and bridges local and global concerns. He served two terms as Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International, and has led more than seventy international delegations conducting human rights investigations or peace negotiations. Published in a limited edition of 200 copies numbered by the designer and signed by the author. To order your copies by Paypal, click the button below:
The Zeppo Chair Jarrod Thalheimer »» Limited edition of 200 signed copies | $5  Tristan slid onto the worn leather of the chair and remembered it, even through his jeans. He found his comfort just as the bonds began to tighten. He strained against them, but kept his neck and head as still as possible. The red panic button was just under his left palm. He lifted his hand safely away from it.Thus begins The Zeppo Chair by Jerrod Thalheimer, the first chapbook in the series from the Okanagan Institute. In a haunting exploration of the nature of pain and how we handle it in our lives - and in our society - Thalheimer demonstrates his gift for storytelling. Jarrod Thalheimer is a freelance writer living in Kelowna. Most recently, he was a chapter winner in the Vancouver Province Newspaper's Sunday Serial Thriller fiction competition. His AdFool column appears each Tuesday on Castanet and he writes for Okanagan Arts magazines, among others. He can be reached through his website at www.littlebluetruck.com Published in a limited edition of 200 copies numbered by the designer and signed by the author. To order your copies by Paypal, click the button below:
PayPal, an eBay Company, is the secure authorized online payment processor for the Media Futures Institute, a partner in the Okanagan Institute. As the global leader in online transactions, PayPal offers the most secure, accessible, fast, easy, and reliable environment for making online payments. Click the button above to order. OKANAGAN CHAPBOOKS are occasional compilations, short texts, tracts and pictorial materials of special interest to the principals of the Okanagan Institute literary works of merit and distinction, history and heritage, the arts and crafts, leisure pastimes and fugitive enthusiasms - by Okanagan writers, and on topics of appeal to Okanagan readers. »» The chapbooks are printed in limited quantities and made available to friends of the publisher, at Okanagan Institute events, and through selected purveyors of fine publishing. »» Subscriptions are available to libraries and book collectors. Quantities are limited and only a few copies are expected to be made available. »» If you know of projects we should be involved in, or of writers, chapbooks or books that need publishing, please get in touch with us. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Robert MacDonald, Director: 250.870.2690 or info@okanaganinstitute.com
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