Biography & Autobiography Literary
Essentials, The
150 Great B.C. Books & Authors
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2010
- Category
- Literary, Canadian
- Recommended Age
- 14
- Recommended Grade
- 9
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553801085
- Publish Date
- Jul 2010
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Lively, illustrated and guaranteed to be controversial, The Essentials: 150 Great BC Books & Authors serves as an unprecedented guide to books from and about British Columbia - culled from Alan Twigg's unrivalled knowledge of more than 200 years of BC literary history. It also identifies 100 essential authors, such as Alice Munro, Earle Birney and Eric Nicol, who did not have one particular book that is outstanding but have enjoyed outstanding careers.
About the author
Alan Twigg is the publisher and editor of BC Book World, Canada's largest-circulating publication about books. He has also been contributing editor of Quill & Quire, Canadian books columnist for the Vancouver Province, books columnist for Vancouver magazine, a contributor of profiles to the Toronto Star and the Writers Union of Canada representative on the board of directors of the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing. In 2000, he was the first recipient of the Gray Campbell Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contibutions to literature and publishing.
Alan is the author of ten previous titles including For Openers: Conversations with 24 Canadian Writers, Hubert Evans: The First Ninety-Three Years, Vancouver and Its Writers, Vander Zalm: from Immigrant to Premier, First Invaders: The Literary Origins of British Columbia and Cuba: 101 Top Historical Sites.
Librarian Reviews
The Essentials: 150 Great BC Books & Authors
Volume 4 of Twigg’s literary history of British Columbia includes books and authors who have contributed something meaningful to the BC cannon. Authors such as Roderick HaigBrown, Alice Munro, Emily Carr and Ivan E. Coyote are listed alongside lesser-known writers such as Elizabeth Smart, Frederick Niven and Walter Cheadle. Many entries contain suggestions for other BC authors who write on similar themes. The Essentials is an excellent resource for finding BC authors.Twigg has written numerous books including Tibetans in Exile: The Dalai Lama & The Woodcocks; Vander Zalm, From Immigrant to Premier: A Political Biography and First Invaders: The Literary Origins of British Columbia. He is the publisher of B.C. BookWorld and created the abcbookworld. com public reference site.
Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2011-2012.