The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years: Vancouver’s Literary Centre 1978-1984, Carolan, Trevor, Published by Mother Tongue Publishing, Salt Spring Island, B.C., 2015. Illustrated glossy card covers with French Flaps. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 248pp., illustrated with 75 black and white photographs. In fine, unread condition.
Founded by poet Mona Fertig and inspired by Shakespeare and Company in Paris, The Literary Storefront was Canada’s first non-profit literary centre and flourished in Vancouver’s colourful Gastown district from 1978-84. The Storefront housed the regional offices of The Writers’ Union of Canada, The League of Canadian Poets, an editing & printing company, and was the birthplace of the Federation of B.C. Writers.
