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Writing. Rewriting. The editor. The agent. The publisher. The road tour. Aftermath revelations. 

Alan Twigg: "I've always used writing as a way to think my way through things, and so it's as natural as breathing. My natural inclination, as soon as I could move my hands, was to ask for a piece of paper."
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Alan Twigg

BC BookWorld founder and publisher Alan Twigg talks to Bill Schermbrucker about his brain tumour and the book he wrote about it, Intensive Care: A Memoir, Anvil Press, 2002. He tells a story about friend and publisher, Julian Ross.

Alan Twigg is the author of numerous books about Canadian writers, publishers, and BC literary history, including Thompson's Highway: The Literary Origins of British Columbia, Ronsdale Press. Full Time: A Canadian Soccer Adventure is forthcoming, Spring, 2008, from McClelland & Stewart.

Listen to Show #32


Alan Twigg starts at approximately the 40-minute mark.

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