![]() ![]() ![]() The promoter Garth Drabinsky used to send him tickets to preview nights for his productions, so Kinsella often attended the theatre. Kinsella often ate at the nearby A-1 Cafe on Granville and he liked to hang out at the Vancouver Public Library where he wrote parts of several books. He is credited with giving the world the phrase, "Build it and they will come." In fact, the phrase in the movie is, "If you build it, he will come." His short story called Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa was the basis for his novel, Shoeless Joe, which, in turn, became the basis for the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams. (Bill) Kinsella lived here in a condominium in the late-1990s. LITERARY LOCATION: Former residence, #1607, 1188 Howe Street, Vancouver You have to suck up to the right parties." - W.P. "I'll never get a G-G (Governor General's Award) here in Canada. ![]()
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