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Writer Chris Turner, author of the bestselling Planet Simpson, looks for a more sustainable world in his new hopeful book, The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need (Random House, 2007).
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Globe and Mail reporter Jan Wong talks to Joseph Planta about her new memoir Beijing Confidential: A Tale of Comrades Lost and Found (Doubleday, 2007).
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Global BC’s Mike McCardell talked to Joseph Planta about his latest collection of television pieces, The Blue Flames that Keep Us Warm, as well as his work as seen near the end of the highly rated News Hour broadcast, and how he comes up with his remarkable pieces.
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John Gray is considered one of the ‘most important living philosophers’ in the world today. He recently talked to Joseph Planta about his newest book Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (Doubleday, 2007).
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Public policy adviser Amanda Sussman, a former adviser to cabinet ministers Elinor Caplan and Bill Graham, talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, The Art of the Possible: (A Handbook for Political Activism) (McClelland and Stewart, 2007).
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Penguin Canada’s president and publisher David Davidar recently talked to Joseph Planta about his new novel, The Solitude of Emperors (McClelland and Stewart, 2007), his writing, and the state of Canadian publishing.
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BC author Doreen Armitage talks to Joseph Planta about her latest book, Tales from the Galley: Stories of the Working Waterfront (Harbour Publishing, 2007).
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The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar is a remarkable book on how Canada ended up in Afghanistan. The book’s authors, Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang talk to Joseph Planta about the inside story on Canada’s involvement.
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Author and humorist Will Ferguson talks to Joseph Planta about his new novel, Spanish Fly (Viking, 2007), a humorous rid through the American southwest with a group of memorable confidence tricksters.
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Calgary’s own, and pro wrestling legend Bret Hart talks to Joseph Planta about his new memoir Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling (Random House, 2007).
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Author Katherine Ashenburg looks at how clean we are, and were, in her new book, the fascinating The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History (Knopf, 2007).
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Internationally acclaimed writer Kiran Desai recently spoke with Joseph Planta about her Booker Prize winning novel, The Inheritance of Loss (Penguin, 2007).
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After over 35 years of retail experience as an executive and consultant to some major Canadian companies, Albert C. Plant has written a new instructive book on the Canadian retailing business, The Retail Game: Playing to Win (Douglas and McIntyre, 2007). He recently spoke to Joseph Planta about the book.
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Author Elizabeth Hay talks to Joseph Planta about her new novel, a 2007 Giller Prize nominee, Late Nights on Air (McClelland and Stewart, 2007).
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Phil Edmonston, author of the hugely popular Lemon Aid series and the website http://www.lemonaidcars.com talks to Joseph Planta about the 2007 series, as well as discusses current automobile consumer issues.
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