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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Interview With Margaret Laurence by Alan Twigg

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interview with Margaret Laurence in 1979, she talks of her early influences and her beliefs about writing.
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Bill Bissett's Acceptance Speech for George Woodcock Award

For Students 9th - 10th
This speech was written in 2007 by Bill Bissett. It is written in his poetic style with no punctuation or capitals and many missing letters. It would make an interesting challenge and followup discussion to have students decipher it.
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Interview #2 With Bill Bissett by Alan Twigg

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a transcript of Alan Twigg's second interview with the poet Bill Bissett, dated 1992. It occurred after the publication of his book "inkorrect thots".
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Interview #2 With w.p. Kinsella by Alan Twigg

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the transcript of a 2006 interview with W.P. Kinsella where the author talks about his work adjudicating the Amazon/Books In Canada First Novel Contest, and issues around beginning novelists.
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Interview With Al Purdy by Alan Twigg

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a transcript of an interview with the poet Al Purdy, dated 1978. In it Alan Twigg asks Purdy about his life story.
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Interview With Leonard Cohen by Alan Twigg

For Students 9th - 10th
Leonard Cohen was interviewed in 1979, 1984 and 1985 by Alan Twigg. This is a summarized transcript of those interviews.
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ABC Bookworld

Bc Bookworld: Interview With Susan Musgrave by Alan Twigg

For Students 9th - 10th
In this 1980 interview with Susan Musgrave, the author talks about her poetry and her ideas about writing poetry.