JOHN & YOKO. MARK GASTINEAU &: BRlGITTE Neilsen. W.P. &: Ann.
B.C.'s hottest author, W.P. Kinsella, is turning intimate relations into public relations. He's teamed up with his wife, Ann Knight, to release a book of poetry. Following the success of Field of Dreams, the Kevin Kostner film based on his baseball novel, Shoeless Joe, Kinsella has published The Rainbow Warehouse (Pottersfield $8.95) containing intimate love poems and some "East Hastings" reflections. The cover illustration is by Leo Harwood of Prince George, an old friend from Kinsella's days in Victoria, prior to the publications of his 17 books, 'when Kinsella owned a pizza parlour and drove a taxi. W.P. Kinsella has previously taken pride in his ability to write stories with minimal autobiographical content, from pure imagination. Will true love, Hollywood and success spoil W.P. Kinsella? Will his cantankerousness and deep empathy for the underdog be turned to mush by the introspective flutterings of his poetic heart? Stay tuned. Yet another collection of Kinsella's popular Indian stories, The Miss Hobbema Pageant (Harper &: Collins $10.95), is available this fall, with the title story appearing in the inaugural issue of the Globe &: Mail's highly touted "West" magazine in September. BookWorld Enquirer.

[BCBW Autumn 1989]