Alan Twigg
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.
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Cuba: A Concise History for Travellers 978-1-894404-03-7 · 1-894404-03-3 · 1998 · $16.95 Take along 500 years of Cuban history with your sunscreen. |
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Hubert Evans: The First Ninety-Three Years 978-0-920080-88-7 · 0-920080-88-X · 1985 · $17.95 Although Evans' two later novels are widely regarded as Canadian classics and Margaret Laurence considered him to be "the elder of our tribe," this is the only comprehensive study of one of Canada's most respected novelists. |
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Strong Voices: Conversations with 50 Canadian Authors 978-0-920080-96-2 · 0-920080-96-0 · 1988 · $24.95 "exceptional interviews, wide-ranging, casual, tough" -Maclean's |
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Understanding Belize: A Historical Guide 978-1-55017-325-3 · 1-55017-325-1 · May 2006 · $24.95 "All a we mek Belize," goes the Creole saying. "All of us make Belize." An alternative guide to one of the most beautiful places in the Caribbean. |
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Vancouver and Its Writers 978-0-920080-77-1 · 0-920080-77-4 · 1986 · $21.95 The book that put VanLit on the map! |
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Vander Zalm: From Immigrant to Premier 978-0-920080-30-6 · 0-920080-30-8 · 1986 · $6.95 BC's most colourful premier since Amor de Cosmos. |