Elizabeth Bachinsky discusses poetry, the community of poets she belongs to, teaching creative writing, and her latest collection of poems, The Hottest Summer in Recorded History (Nightwood Editions, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
Eat St. host James Cunningham talks about the food truck phenomenon and the television show’s new companion book, Eat St. Recipes from the Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks (Penguin, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
The poet, publisher, and teacher Jay MillAr reflects on the world of poetry, his own poems, and his new collection, Timely Irreverence (Nightwood Editions, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
The broadcaster, author, therapist and actor, David Berner discusses his new memoir, All the Way Home: Building Recovery That Works (2013), with Joseph Planta.
The poet and author Brad Cran reflects on poetry, his time as Vancouver’s Poet Laureate (2009-2011), and his new collection of poems, Ink on Paper (Nightwood Editions, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
The cartoonist and bestselling author Adrian Raeside discusses dogs, editorial cartoons, and his new collection, Tails Don’t Lie: A Decade of Dog Cartoons (70 in Dog Years) (Harbour Publishing, 2013), mostly taken from his syndicated strip, The Other Coast, with Joseph Planta.
The activist and president of Community Food Centres Canada Nick Saul discusses food insecurity, poverty and his new book (co-written with Andrea Curtis) The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement (Random House, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
J.L. Witterick talks to Joseph Planta about her first novel, My Mother’s Secret (iUniverse, 2013), that tells the true story of Franciszka and Helena, a mother and daughter who shelter Jewish families and a German soldier during World War II.
The legendary artist Roy Henry Vickers discusses his life and art, a new book co-authored with Robert Budd, Raven Brings the Light (Harbour Publishing, 2013) and an upcoming show in Vancouver, with Joseph Planta.
The prolific author and former diplomat Jan Drabek discusses his recent biography, Vladimir Krajina: World War II Hero and Ecology Pioneer (Ronsdale Press, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
The author and screenwriter Andrew Kaufman discusses his new novel, Born Weird (Random House, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, discusses the book he co-wrote with John Ibbitson The Big Shift: The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What it Means for Our Future (HarperCollins, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
The addictions counsellor Lorelie Rozzano discusses addiction and her new novel, Jagged Little Edges (2013), with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed and bestselling author Andrew Pyper discusses his new horror novel The Demonologist (Simon & Schuster, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
The Globe and Mail’s chief political correspondent John Ibbitson discusses the new book he coauthored with Darrell Bricker, The Big Shift: The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What it Means for Our Future (HarperCollins, 2013), with Joseph Planta.