Day before John Lennon's Birthday, new book is launched by Ritchie Yorke

Ritchie taking notes for the Globe and Mail beside John Lennon

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RITCHIE YORKE’S TRUE STORY OF JOHN AND YOKO’s CANADIAN PEACE MOVEMENT IS ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED - MEET/INTERVIEW THE AUTHOR RITCHIE YORKE 

All We Are Saying Is Give Peace A Chance

Lennon Peace Campaign To Be celebrated

At Ritchie Yorke's Book Launch

Toronto Oct. 8, 2015 – The Lennon Peace anthem crafted in a one week bed-in in Montreal in 1969 resonates today as it did then.  Rock journalist and activist Ritchie Yorke has detailed his recollections of that week andThe Toronto Varsity Rock Concert.  John meeting Trudeau. And his Traveling the World For Peace with Ronnie Hawkins in his new book  to be launched in Toronto Oct. 8 two days before Lennon’s 75 birthday.

CHRIST YOU KNOW IT AIN'T EASY: JOHN AND YOKO'S BATTLE FOR PEACE

“I was intimately involved with Lennon in the amazing launch of the campaign, convinced as we were about the power of music to change the world. Lennon’s powerful appeal for peace with the current bombing, fighting and killing in the Middle East is as needed today as it was during the Vietnam war,” Yorke says. 

The celebration will feature invitees singing the peace anthem, rare never before seen photos of John Yoko at the bed-in and subsequent events, and a band playing Beatle music.

October 8 WHEN - – Media Availability and peace song 6:45 pm

Place - 3030 Dundas St. West

Celebration starts at 8:00 pm

The new CHRIST YOU KNOW IT AIN'T EASY: JOHN AND YOKO'S BATTLE FOR PEACE is available on Kobo, iBooks, Amazon, Barnes and Nobles And Goggle. In print: Burnstown Publishing.

While in Toronto, Yorke and his wife Minnie Cherry have also rereleased his books about Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison and the early Canadian Rock and Roll scene. All titles are available on Kobo and at Ritchie Yorke’s websitehttp://ritchieyorke.com

 Ritchie at left taking notes! Needs a cutline!

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