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list price: $14.99
edition:eBook
category: Biography & Autobiography
published: Sep 2010
ISBN:9781553801191
publisher:
Ronsdale Press
Description
From Franz Boas to Alice Munro: welcome to an unprecedented panorama of the most significant authors and books of British Columbia culled from Alan Twigg's unrivalled knowledge of more than two centuries of B.C. literary history. The Essentials is the new bible of who wrote what, and why, in B.C., produced with the cooperation of Simon Fraser University Library and UBC's Rare Books & Special Collections. Alan Twigg, publisher/writer of B.C. BookWorld, also created the abcbookworld public reference site with information on more than 9,500 B.C. authors. The Essentials is the fourth and largest volume of his Literary History of British Columbia.
Awards
- , Honourable Mention: Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing
- , Honourable Mention: Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing
Editorial Reviews
"Presents known and unknown authors of fiction and nonfiction, biography and poetry in readable format with intriguing insights into the lives of B.C. writers…. Highly Recommended.” — CM Magazine
“When it comes to writing and publishing on the West Coast, Alan Twigg has been heroically ubiquitous.”—Douglas Gibson, Editor
“Twigg’s work is itself essential. . . . He successfully draws attention to little-known individuals. . . . It is in locating these lesser-known individuals as essential that Twigg’s volume finds excellence.”—Canadian Literature
“The Essentials is a must-have for anyone who cares about B.C.”—Jean Barman, Historian
“Presents known and unknown authors of fiction and nonfiction, biography and poetry in readable format with intriguing insights into the lives of B.C. writers. . . . Highly Recommended.” — CM Magazine
