Articles tagged with: memoir
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In less than a week, I’ll find myself on a long haul flight. It’s not the destination that worries me, rather it’s the journey. I’m not enthusiastic about the several hours I’ll be flying, and so I’ve sought advice from regular travellers like Rafe Mair and Rona Maynard. They have both suggested reading mid-air.
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The author and journalist David Sax discusses his new book Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The Olympic Gold medalist Ross Rebagliati discusses his new book, Off the Chain: An Insider’s History of Snowboarding (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta; also discussed is the drug controversy that at first cost him his gold medal in 1998 and its subsequent reinstatement, as well as his recent foray into federal politics as he will be running as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla.
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Canada’s premiere wine writer, The Wine Guy, Tony Aspler talks to Joseph Planta about his new book, Tony Aspler’s Cellar Book: How to Design, Build, Stock and Manage Your Wine Cellar Wherever You Are (Random House Canada, 2009); as well, Aspler discusses his wine habits, what wine to serve with hot dogs, and his having had dinner at Rideau Hall recently with fellow guests, Charles and Camilla.
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The bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Chabon discusses some of the stories and themes found in Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son (HarperCollins, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Captain Ray Wiss, M.D. discusses his candid, powerful, and human book FOB Doc: A Doctor on the Front Lines in Afghanistan (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009), with Joseph Planta; Wiss did two tours in Afghanistan, at the front line caring for injured Canadians and Afghans, even Taliban.
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The author and journalist, editor of BC Bookworld Alan Twigg, discusses his new book Tibetans in Exile: The Dalai Lama and the Woodcocks (Ronsdale Press, 2009), the story behind George ang Ingeborg Woodcock and their founding of the Tibetan Refugee Aid Society and Canada India Village Aid after meeting the Dalai Lama in 1961.
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The celebrated poet Lorna Crozier talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir (Greystone, 2009), which discusses her growing up in Saskatchewan, poverty, poetry, alcoholism, her partner Patrick Lane, and more.
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The legendary author and sports columnist Jim Taylor talks about the memoir he co-wrote with Dal Richards: One More Time! The Dal Richards Story (Harbour Publishing, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they also talk about music, jazz, the upcoming Olympics, and more.
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The legendary Dal Richards discusses his new memoir One More Time! The Dal Richards Story (Harbour Publishing, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they discuss his robust health at 91, his wife Muriel Honey’s influence on his life and career, the music that many Vancouverites have danced to, giving Michael Bublé his first paying singing engagement, as well as the many gigs he’s got down the road.
