New Book from 136-Year-Old James Bay Author JBB Staff A new book of stories by James Bay-born artist and writer Emily Carr, written 60 years ago, was launched on March 21st at a performance of a play about the artist. Another James Bay author and artist, Ann-Lee Switzer, edited the collection. The book is called This and That. Over 60 stories never before published by Emily Carr were identified and are being made public for the first time. Over fifty years have passed since a major collection of works by this well-known Canadian has seen publication. The newly-unearthed stories lay hidden in the British Columbia Archives for the past 30 years. Available only to researchers until now, they are mixed in with Carr's manuscripts, letters, journals, books and other materials bequeathed by the artist to her editor and friend Ira Dilworth at her death in 1945. The new stories, all written during Emily Carr's last two years, draw inspiration from her very full life. They range from her childhood in the young town of Victoria in the 1880's, through her youth, her painting expeditions up North, and observations of old age. Letters to Dilworth, also in the Archives, revealed she conceived these pieces as forming a whole book reflecting on her life and adventures. Two tables-of-contents, a title and a dedication to her trusted Editor, are also among her papers. The stories add new dimensions to our knowledge of Carr that are not addressed in her other published work. For the first time she reveals feelings about her brother Dick, who died tragically at an early age, a new perspective on her father and her complex relations with her sisters. They illuminate a world that time has passed by. Profits from the sale of the book will go towards the Statue Fund for the erection of a statue of Emily Carr (see March Beacon p.2). The book is now available at local bookstores.