Author, editor, and Goodwill Ambassador, Janet Love Morrison will be in Yorkton later this month to promote her latest book - Friends, Six Friends, Six Cultures, One Humanity - and to meet with local residents.
Born in Toronto Morrison now calls Vancouver home however she also has strong ties to the Yorkton area. Her mom, Nan Morrison (nee Love), was born and raised in Saltcoats and her father, Ewen Morrison, went to Tupper School. They met after WWII, got married and ended up moving to Vancouver.
It seems the travel bug was passed on to their daughter. Morrison says she has spent the bulk of her life travelling around the world doing a variety of jobs while living in Switzerland, Israel, India, Japan, and Malaysia. She has also dedicated much of her time (acting as a Goodwill Ambassador) to an organization called Friends to Mankind (www.friendstomankind.org), an international non-profit foundation that works with individuals, corporation and philanthropic organizations towards the betterment of humanity.
"Refugees, children, taxi drivers, fellow travellers, work colleagues, family, friends, Master Dhyan Vimal, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and so many, many more remarkable people have been my teachers," she says.
"From the Himalayas, to the Swiss Alps; from the Andes to the Rocky Mountains; I have encountered this planet and I write to honour the courage of those who have met their challenges and rose to be the best they can be. They have sparked the belief in me that when we all rise to be the best we can be, humanity will rise to be the best it can be."
Morrison is also the author of The Crazy Canucks - Canada's Legendary Ski Team, published 2008, Harbour Publishing, *Award winning book for 2009, "One Book - One Vancouver, The Host City Reads". That which I can be, a journey with my Master, a book about a Westerner discovering meditation in the East, published 2005, Zazen Publishing House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Whistler Reflections, a book on the pre-ski industry history of Whistler, published 1996, Terra Bella Publishers, Van-couver, BC, Canada.
With her latest work she says, "The inspiration for this book came from all the teachings I learned in the East and people I met on my travels. I spent 14 years outside of Canada and this book became an opportunity to share what I learned."
Morrison says she feels any reader who has multicultural friends will enjoy reading the book.
"And, I've been surprised how many men have enjoyed it!" Anyone wanting to learn more can do so by visiting: www.youtube.com/ or www.janetlovemorrison.com/library.html.
Janet Love Morrison will be holding a special reading and signing event to celebrate her book Friends, Six Women, Six Cultures, One Humanity at the 5th Avenue Cup and Saucer in Yorkton on Friday, February 22 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. She will also be at Coles Bookstore at the Parkland Mall (where copies of her book will be available) on Saturday, February 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All are welcome to attend!
