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[7 May 2013]

Bookseller and enthusiast Ronald Rice discusses a collection of essays he edited, My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2012), the future of bookstores, bookselling and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Nov 2012]

The publisher, poet, and writer Mona Fertig discusses the publishing company she runs, Mother Tongue Publishing on the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the books she publishes, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Oct 2012]

Hal Wake, the artistic director of the Vancouver Writers Festival joins Joseph Planta once again for an annual preview of the festival, the authors expected, and the interesting events planned for readers and more, 16-21 October 2012.

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[27 Sep 2012]

Sean Cranbury, book enthusiast, blogger and bartender discusses Real Vancouver Writers’ Series events tonight and upcoming, as well as the book scene in Vancouver, with Joseph Planta.

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[28 Feb 2012]

Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee talks to Joseph Planta about Freedom to Read Week.

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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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[24 Oct 2011]

The author and Time Magazine writer and critic Lev Grossman discusses his new book The Magician King (Viking, 2011), fantasy writing and the future of books, with Joseph Planta.

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[19 Sep 2011]

The author (My Mother’s Daughter), journalist and former editor of Chatelaine Rona Maynard joins Joseph Planta to discuss eReaders, teachers, being a mentor, memoir writing, and more.

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[14 Mar 2011]

Recently, I wandered into First Used Books, an estimable shop on that strip of Kingsway between Broadway and Main. I saw on the shelf a biography of Louis St. Laurent, Canadian by Dale Thomson. Having no books on St. Laurent I bought it.

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[3 Mar 2011]

Books on the Radio’s Sean Cranbury joins Joseph Planta to preview an event this Saturday, the W2 Utopia Festival: Vancouver Women Read; as well they discuss other book and internet book community issues.