For over a quarter century, many readers have agreed with
legendary publisher Jack McClelland, who said, "I have never before encountered
a book journal as engaging as BC
BookWorld." But over several decades, the populist style of BC BookWorld has tended to overshadow
its literary value and its essentially educational agenda. Here in Undaunted: The Best of BC BookWorld is a
sampling of articles that entertain, enlighten, educate and provoke.
About half
are by Alan Twigg, who has written the majority of the newspaper since its
inception in 1987. Other contributors include Jane Rule, George Woodcock, W. P.
Kinsella, Stephen Vizinczey, broadcaster Mark Forsythe, biographer Joan Givner
and BookWorld's designer and cartoonist David Lester. There is something for
everyone here: from early explorers of the Pacific Slope, to essays about
literature, to B.
C. authors who have written about the Holocaust.
For over a quarter century, many readers have agreed with
legendary publisher Jack McClelland, who said, "I have never before encountered
a book journal as engaging as BC
BookWorld." But over several decades, the populist style of BC BookWorld has tended to overshadow
its literary value and its essentially educational agenda. Here in Undaunted: The Best of BC BookWorld is a
sampling of articles that entertain, enlighten, educate and provoke.
About half
are by Alan Twigg, who has written the majority of the newspaper since its
inception in 1987. Other contributors include Jane Rule, George Woodcock, W. P.
Kinsella, Stephen Vizinczey, broadcaster Mark Forsythe, biographer Joan Givner
and BookWorld's designer and cartoonist David Lester. There is something for
everyone here: from early explorers of the Pacific Slope, to essays about
literature, to B.
C. authors who have written about the Holocaust.