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[24 Jan 2012]

The journalist and author Richard Gwyn discusses the second volume of his biography of Macdonald, Nation Maker—Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times (Random House, 2011), Macdonald’s legacy and how he shaped Canada, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Dec 2011]

The editor of Canada’s History magazine, Mark Reid, discusses a new book, 100 Days That Changed Canada (HarperCollins Canada, 2011), with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Dec 2011]

The veteran journalist Jim Taylor discusses the new book he’s co-written with Bob Lenarduzzi, Bob Lenarduzzi: A Canadian Soccer Story (Harbour Publishing, 2011), with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Dec 2011]

The Global BC reporter and master storyteller Mike McCardell talks about his new book, Here’s Mike: And Junkyard Granny, Whistling Bernie Smith, the Robertson Screwdriver, Pancakes & Eternal Truth (Harbour Publishing, 2011), his work in television, Joe Filippone, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Dec 2011]

The actor and director William B. Davis discusses his memoir Where There’s Smoke. . . Musings of A Cigarette Smoking Man (ECW Press, 2011), working on the television series The X-Files, theatre in Canada, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[20 Dec 2011]

The broadcaster, writer and former politician Rafe Mair discusses his new book The Home Stretch, a book on religion and more, which is available from Amazon.com, with Joseph Planta.

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[9 Dec 2011]

The famed photographer David Drebin discusses his new book Manny Pacquiao (C.J. Oyster, 2011), photography, Pacquiao and boxing, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[7 Dec 2011]

Chan Hon Goh, director of the The Goh Ballet Company and former prima ballerina with the National Ballet of Canada, talks about the production of The Nutcracker, ballet, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[6 Dec 2011]

Harbour Publishing’s Howard White discusses books he’s written: A Hard Man to Beat: The Story of Bill White and The Sunshine Coast: From Gibsons to Powell River, and The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver, which he published, with Joseph Planta.

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[5 Dec 2011]

The award winning author Claudia Cornwall discusses her new book At the World’s Edge: Curt Lang’s Vancouver, 1937-1998 (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2011), with Joseph Planta.

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[2 Dec 2011]

The journalist and commentator Allen Garr talks to Joseph Planta about the late historian and author Chuck Davis’s final book: The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver (Harbour Publishing, 2011); they also discuss the recent municipal election.

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[1 Dec 2011]

Global BC News Hour anchor Chris Gailus talks about the broadcast, anchoring the news, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[1 Dec 2011]

Peter C. Newman discusses his new book When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada (Random House, 2011), Michael Ignatieff, and the future of the Liberal Party of Canada, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Nov 2011]

The bestselling author David Guterson discusses his new novel Ed King (Knopf, 2011), his success with Snow Falling on Cedars, writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Nov 2011]

The historian, author, and Carleton University professor Paul Litt discusses his new book, Elusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner (UBC Press, 2011), with Joseph Planta.