The international bestselling author Joy Fielding discusses her new novel The Wild Zone (Doubleday, 2010), writing, kissing Elvis Presley, living in America and Canada, with Joseph Planta.

The author Douglas Smith discusses science fiction and his new collection of stories Chimerascope (ChiZine, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

The writer Scott Carter talks about writing, teaching high school English, and his new novel Blind Luck (Napoleon & Company, 2010), a book about gambling, luck and chance, with Joseph Planta.

The author Adam Lewis Schroeder discusses his new novel, In the Fabled East (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010), traveling in Asia, writing, and a used book store in Penticton, with Joseph Planta.

The author and History’s Lens columnist at the Vancouver Courier, Lisa Smedman talks to Joseph Planta about her books on Vancouver’s history, Vancouver: Stories of a City, and the most recent, Immigrants: Stories of Vancouver’s People.

The political commentator and consultant Warren Kinsella talks to Joseph Planta about the Helena Guergis and Rahim Jaffer matter, Gary Breitkreuz, and other federal political matters, the new iPad, the British elections and more.

The Maclean’s columnist and Canadian Business editor Andrew Potter discusses his new book The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves (McClelland & Stewart, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

Zsuzsi Gartner, the editor of the short story collection, Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010), talks to Joseph Planta.

The prize winning and bestselling novelist Joan Thomas talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Curiosity: A Love Story (McClelland & Stewart, 2010), which features Mary Anning and Henry de la Beche as leading characters.

The artist Carol Evans discusses art and her new book The Shores We Call Home: The Art of Carol Evans (Harbour Publishing, 2010), with Joseph Planta.