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A new collection The Heart Does Break: Canadian Writers on Grief and Mourning (Random House, 2009) is discussed. The book’s editors, George Bowering and Jean Baird talk to Joseph Planta about grief, mourning, and this collection of essays written by well-known Canadian writers.
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The writer and comic Kitty Martini talks to Joseph Planta about the book she and Candice Reed have written, Thank You for Firing Me! How to Catch the Next Wave of Success After You Lose Your Job (Sterling, 2010).
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Emily White talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude (McClelland & Stewart, 2010).
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The author and journalist Greg Campbell discusses the book he co-wrote with Scott Andrew Selby, Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History (Union Square, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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The writer, journalist, comic, playwright, and now novelist (one of Random House’s New Faces of Fiction) Drew Hayden Taylor discusses his book, Motorcycles and Sweetgrass (Knopf, 2010), with Joseph Planta; it’s a novel about the aboriginal experience, magic, family, raccoons, and a mysterious stranger.
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The author, comedian, and activist Charles Demers discusses Vancouver and how he views it in his recent book Vancouver Special (Arsenal Pulp, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The bestselling author and veteran business journalist, Rod McQueen discusses his new book, BlackBerry: The Inside Story of Research in Motion (Key Porter, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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The Vancouver Courier columnist, longtime broadcaster and journalist Allen Garr talks to Joseph Planta about the state of Vancouver politics, the recent Olympics, beekeeping, and his run for a seat on the Vancity board.
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Norman D. Watt, author of Off the Beaten Path: A Hiking Guide to Vancouver’s North Shore (Harbour Publishing, 2010), talks to Joseph Planta about the many trails and treks featured in the book.
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Anjan Chaklader, contributor to thecommentary.ca, historian, and sports fan, talks to Joseph Planta about the recent Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, how consequential they have been to defining Canada, and more.
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Catherine Clark, host of CPAC’s Beyond Politics, talks to Joseph Planta about the interview program, politics and youth engagement, and more.
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The Vancouver Observer’s publisher Linda Solomon talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Why I Love Vancouver: Reflections on a City by a Pulitzer-Nominated American Journalist (2010), a collection of profiles and essays that have appeared on the Observer’s website; as well they discuss the recent Winter Olympic Games.
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Co-editor of CityCaucus.com, Michael Klassen, looks back at the Winter Olympic Games, and ahead to the Paralympic Games here in Vancouver, with Joseph Planta.
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Michael Geoghegan, political pundit and government and media relations consultant (www.mgcltd.ca), joins Joseph Planta to talk about the Olympics, the rise of the ‘kick-ass generation,’ as well he previews tomorrow’s BC budget, and other political matters.
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The editor of the Georgia Straight, Charlie Smith talks to Joseph Planta about the weekly paper, the Winter Olympics, HST, the state of media and journalism in the country, and more.
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