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 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 BC authors who have written about the Holocaust.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 808.84/9971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- A compilation of articles and essays from the quarterly newspaper, BC bookworld Includes 25 cartoons by David Lester Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781553802556 1553802535
- LCCN
- PR9197.7
- LCCN Item number
- U533 2013eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (242 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00910139 (OCoLC)865475150 (CaOOCEL)446704
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Best of BC bookworld Best of British Columbia bookworld
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Acknowledgements 7
- Contents 8
- Preface 12
- Section 1 International 16
- The Day I Caught Fidel 18
- On Labels 22
- The Heterosexual Cage of Coupledom 28
- The Narrowness of Vladimir Nabokov 31
- The Conqueror & the Concubine 35
- Ape Populations in Decline Worldwide 43
- Schweitzer’s Angel 47
- Noam Chomsky and the New Military Humanism 53
- Pitching The Corporation in Banff 57
- Joel Bakan, the Noam Chomsky of Kitsilano 61
- Section 2 British Columbiana 68
- The Ancient Mariner for Real: Juan de Fuca 70
- Francis Drake & His Mysterious Voyage 75
- Seven Reasons Why Drake Didn’t Reach British Columbia in 1579 84
- Frances Barkley: First Female Invader 87
- Who’s Who of the Last Coast 92
- The Enigma of Cannibalism 97
- The Archaic Name of British Columbia 103
- Top Ten BC Characters 106
- Ten Women of BC 109
- Dangerous Waters 113
- A Quiz: Know Thy Province 116
- Section 3 Holocaust & World War II 130
- Prisoner #44070 132
- Himmler’s Scholars and the Science of Delusion 137
- Birkenau: Reliving a Nightmare 141
- Buried lit: A German Childhood 147
- More Holocaust Literature from BC 151
- Portrait of the Artist as a Listener 157
- Section 4 Writing in BC 162
- Famous Literary Visitors 164
- Malcolm Lowry Forever 183
- Appreciating Alice 186
- Alice Munro’s Too Much Happiness 190
- “British Columbia Has Always Been the Right Place for Me” 194
- Look Back in laughter 198
- Laughter Is the Best Sports Medicine 201
- Earle’s Girls 203
- A Trip Down Nightmare Alley 209
- Ten Commandments from Two Peerless Freelancers 215
- Who’s Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 217
- George Woodcock: A Tribute 220
- On Receiving the Freedom of the City 222
- Section 5 Potpourri 226
- Scary Reds 228
- Wake Up and Smell the Murder 232
- Shakin’ All Over:Burlesque West 236
- The Fight to Save the Earth, 1970–1979 240
- Be Strong. Be Steadfast. Be True. 244
- Afterword 250
