The book world's hopping this spring like Peter Rabbit on a chocolate bender. April 22 to 29 is BC Book and Magazine Week; its focus on helping newbies turn pro should keep the tickets flying. Anosh Irani is the featured guest at the CBC Radio Studio One Book Club on April 29 with his new novel, The Song for Kahunsha (Doubleday Canada, $29.95). Read an interview with Irani here next week. For tickets to this, the 23rd edition of the live Q&A-format event, hosted by the Straight's John Burns and CBC personality Sheryl MacKay, visit www.cbc.ca/bc/bookclub/. Meanwhile, Geist regular Patty Osborne instructs the curious in the art of the short review (nothing trumps "Trees died for this?!") on April 22, and Jim Sutherland hosts the second incarnation of the wildly popular Sell Your Story on April 25 (www.bcbookandmagazineweek.com/). The week culminates with the emcee stylings of the ever-pulchritudinous Bill Richardson at the Lieutenant Governor's B.C. Book Prize Gala on April 29. For tickets and info, including the shortlist of BCBP nominees, visit www.bcbookprizes.ca/.