Alan Twigg

Alan Twigg has written and published BC Bookworld, a cultural newspaper, since 1987. His sixteen books include: First Invaders (Ronsdale, 2004), Aboriginality (Ronsdale, 2005), Thompson's Highway (Ronsdale, 2006), 101 Top Historical Sites of Cuba (Beach Holme, 2004), Intensive Care: A Memoir (Anvil Press, 2002), and Strong Voices: Conversations with 50 Canadian Writers (Harbour, 1988). He has also produced six films about authors and a music CD with David Lester for poet Bud Osborn. Hehas conceived and coordinated numerous literary prizes, and created and compiled a public service reference site, abcbookworld.com, to offer free information on more than 9,000 British Columbia authors. In 2000 he received the first annual Gray Campbell Award for outstanding contributions to the writing and publishing community of British Columbia. He was the Shadbolt Fellow at Simon Fraser University. He makes his home in Vancouver.

Books By Alan Twigg