Articles tagged with: fiction
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The author and prolific book reviewer, Robert J. Wiersema discusses The World More Full of Weeping (ChiZine Publications, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss growing up in Agassiz, fountain pens, books and book reviewing.
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UBC librarian emeritus Joseph Jones talks to Joseph Planta about the translation he’s just published of Hubert Aquin’s Les sables mouvants / Shifting Sands (Ronsdale Press, 2009); they also discuss Aquin’s life, his place in Quebec culture, and more.
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The Vancouver artist Pascal Milelli discusses the new book he’s illustrated Waiting for the Owl’s Call (Sleeping Bear Press, 2009; written by Gloria Whelan), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss his work as a commercial artist and his artistic process.
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The novelist William Deverell talks about his latest novel, featuring Arthur Beauchamp, Q.C., Snow Job (McClelland and Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Last week, Joseph Planta talked to CBC Radio host Eleanor Wachtel about interviewing and more. The host of Writers and Company, Wachtel hosts what is considered Canada’s foremost literary program. Podcasts of Writers and Company can be downloaded at here
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The novelist Lori Lansens talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, The Wife’s Tale (Knopf, 2009), a story about an obsese woman’s search for her husband who’s left her and the search for herself; as well, Lansens discusses moving from Canada to California, her writing and reading habits, and interacting with her readers at book clubs and elsewhere.
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The novelist and poet Thomas Trofimuk discusses his new novel, Waiting for Columbus (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The bestselling novelist and former Toronto Star columnist Linwood Barclay discusses his new book, Fear the Worst (Doubleday, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they discuss the gripping novel about a dad whose daughter vanishes, the Today Show, Margaret Laurence, and more.
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The novelist and journalist Jim Lynch discusses his new novel, Border Songs (Knopf, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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One of Random House’s 2009 New Faces of Fiction, Andrea Gunraj, a community outreach worker for The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children, talks to Joseph Planta about her debut book, The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha (Knopf, 2009).
