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Weight Training for Everyone ($13.95)
THE FAMILY THAT PUBLISHES TOGETHER, licks envelopes together...
Using their collective energies, the Icelandic-Canadian family of Paul, Val and Palma Bjarnason have operated LPL Lifting Press since 1985. A Vancouver high school teacher and former weight lifting champion, Paul Bjarnason initially self-produced Weight Training for Everyone ($13.95), with a foreword by Doug Hepburn. He has published four more such titles, plus an audio cassette tape on weight training. 'We learned by trial and error," Paul laughs, "many, many errors. The first book wasn't pasted up properly so the three of us collated every single book by hand!" Fourteen year old Palma, with two poetry books already in print, is currently writing a fantasy novel. Her mother, Val Bjarnason, has just produced Friendship ($7.95), a unique gift book of quotes about friendship by writers from antiquity, lovingly presented in hand calligraphy with Celtic designs. "It is a nice feeling to start from scratch and then see the finished product," adds Val, "but it's also nice to sell something people will like. "Friendship is a subject that is neglected in our society. I've been amazed to see how many people want and need to talk about it." Other LPL Lifting titles include Steam along the Sound ($6.95), a pictorial look at the Royal Hudson train route by photographer and steam rail buff Nils Huxtable; Home Chiropractic Handbook ($22.95), a 200 page guide to chiropractics, with 45 full-page photos, by fourth generation chiropractor Dr. Karl Holmquist; plus three books from the Viking Ship Museum of Denmark. Most of the company's business is by mail order via P.O. Box 48808, Dept. 444, Bentall Centre, Vancouver, B.C. V7X 1A6. Meanwhile, Emil Bjarnason (no relation) has published a collection of vignettes about the Icelandic community that existed around Wynyard, Saskatchewan. The Whole Truth: Sagas from the Quills ($10 plus $1 shipping) was published by the Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia c/o 3446 West 19th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. V6S 1C2.
[BCBW Autumn 1989] "Publishing"
Using their collective energies, the Icelandic-Canadian family of Paul, Val and Palma Bjarnason have operated LPL Lifting Press since 1985. A Vancouver high school teacher and former weight lifting champion, Paul Bjarnason initially self-produced Weight Training for Everyone ($13.95), with a foreword by Doug Hepburn. He has published four more such titles, plus an audio cassette tape on weight training. 'We learned by trial and error," Paul laughs, "many, many errors. The first book wasn't pasted up properly so the three of us collated every single book by hand!" Fourteen year old Palma, with two poetry books already in print, is currently writing a fantasy novel. Her mother, Val Bjarnason, has just produced Friendship ($7.95), a unique gift book of quotes about friendship by writers from antiquity, lovingly presented in hand calligraphy with Celtic designs. "It is a nice feeling to start from scratch and then see the finished product," adds Val, "but it's also nice to sell something people will like. "Friendship is a subject that is neglected in our society. I've been amazed to see how many people want and need to talk about it." Other LPL Lifting titles include Steam along the Sound ($6.95), a pictorial look at the Royal Hudson train route by photographer and steam rail buff Nils Huxtable; Home Chiropractic Handbook ($22.95), a 200 page guide to chiropractics, with 45 full-page photos, by fourth generation chiropractor Dr. Karl Holmquist; plus three books from the Viking Ship Museum of Denmark. Most of the company's business is by mail order via P.O. Box 48808, Dept. 444, Bentall Centre, Vancouver, B.C. V7X 1A6. Meanwhile, Emil Bjarnason (no relation) has published a collection of vignettes about the Icelandic community that existed around Wynyard, Saskatchewan. The Whole Truth: Sagas from the Quills ($10 plus $1 shipping) was published by the Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia c/o 3446 West 19th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. V6S 1C2.
[BCBW Autumn 1989] "Publishing"
Submitted on June 15, 2004 in By David.
