The Globe and Mail’s André Picard discusses his years as one of Canada’s preeminent health journalists and his recent collection of writing, Matters of Life and Death: Public Health Issues in Canada (Douglas & McIntyre, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The award-winning journalist Elaine Dewar discusses her new book, The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada’s Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational (Biblioasis, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The CBC Radio producer and host Geoff Turner discusses his new 10-week series beginning Tuesday, 27 June 2017 On Drugs, and more, with Joseph Planta.
Opening tonight, 23 June 2017 for five performances only is Western Gold Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s Rumors. Its director Anna Hagan talks to Joseph Planta about the show, Western Gold, and Neil Simon’s work.
The writer Lily Gontard and photographer Mark Kelly discuss their new book, Beyond Mile Zero: The Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community (Lost Moose, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The journalist and founder of Canadaland Jesse Brown discusses The Canadaland Guide to Canada (Published in America) (Touchstone, 2017), Canada, the media and more, with Joseph Planta.
The journalist and author Tom Hawthorn discusses his new book The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their Country: The Centennial of 1967 (Douglas & McIntyre, 2017), Canada, bookselling and more, with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed author and poet Karen Connelly discusses her new novel The Change Room (Random House, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The journalist and educator George Orr discusses his new film Talk!, screening Saturday, 03 June 2017, a documentary on news and talk radio in Vancouver, featuring the remarkable journalists and broadcasters like Jack Webster, Pat Burns, Rafe Mair, George Garrett, Warren Barker and others, with Joseph Planta.
The writer and journalist Omar El Akkad discusses his first book, the novel American War (McClelland & Stewart, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The author and Humber College professor Mike Dover discusses his new book Dante’s Infinite Monkeys: Technology Meets the 7 Deadly Sins (Humber Press, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The New York Times reporter Jack Ewing discusses his new book Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal (W.W. Norton, 2017), with Joseph Planta.
The orthopaedic surgeon and author Dr. Stephen Pinney discusses his book How Hockey Can Save Healthcare: A Principle-Based Approach to Reforming the Canadian Healthcare System (Lulu, 2016), with Joseph Planta.
The war journalist and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine Scott Anderson discusses his new book Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart (Signal, 2017), a look at the Middle East following the Arab Spring through today and into the future, with Joseph Planta.
The author and activist Cory Doctorow discusses his new book Walkaway (Tor Books, 2017), writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.