Home » Archive

Articles tagged with: history

On The Line »

[5 Aug 2010]

The author and poet George Fetherling discusses his new novel, Walt Whitman’s Secret (Random House, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

On The Line »

[16 Jun 2010]

The journalist and author Alexandra Popoff discusses her new book, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography (Free Press, 2010), her impact on Leo Tolstoy’s work, the misconceptions of her, and her relevance today, with Joseph Planta.

On The Line »

[15 Jun 2010]

The author and journalist Robert McCrum talks about his new book, Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language (Doubleday, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

On The Line »

[3 Jun 2010]

The bestselling author Derek Lundy discusses his new book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America (Knopf, 2010) with Joseph Planta. In the book, Lundy travels the American borders with Canada and Mexico atop a motorcycle and offers his observations of border-life, as well as America’s security concerns.

On The Line »

[2 Jun 2010]

The logophile and writer Howard Richler shares some wonderful, witty word stories from his new book Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words (Ronsdale Press, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

On The Line »

[2 Jun 2010]

Yadi Sharifirad, the author of The Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran (Thomas Allen, 2010), talks about his memoir about the brutal detention and torture he suffered in Iran, to his escape to Canada, with Joseph Planta.

On The Line »

[1 Jun 2010]

Discussed is the bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed novel Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco, who joins Joseph Planta to talk about Filipino culture, history, politics, arts, and more, topics covered in the book.

On The Line »

[1 Jun 2010]

The author and historian John Boyko discusses his biography of R.B. Bennett, Canada’s 11th Prime Minister: Bennett: The Rebel Who Challenged and Changed a Nation (Key Porter, 2010), Bennett’s legacy, the Great Depression, as well as comparisons of Stephen Harper with Bennett, with Joseph Planta.

On The Line »

[31 May 2010]

The author and writer Linda L. Richards talks to Joseph Planta about the project she and David Middleton are working on, The Greatest 100 Books of British Columbia, which will be published next year. In the meantime, people can contribute their own selections of the greatest BC books on their website: www.greatest100books.com.

On The Line »

[26 May 2010]

The investigative journalist and author Harvey Cashore of the CBC discusses his new book The Truth Shows Up: A Reporter’s Fifteen-Year Odyssey Tracking Down the Truth about Mulroney, Schreiber and the Airbus Scandal (Key Porter, 2010), with Joseph Planta.