The writer and folkorist Emily Urquhart discusses her new book, Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes (Harper Avenue, 2015), albinism, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The bestselling author and butler school proprietor Charles MacPherson, discusses his new book The Pocket Butler: A Compact Guide to Modern Manners, Business Etiquette, and Everyday Entertaining (Appetite, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed author Jim Shepard discusses his new novel, The Book of Aron (McClelland & Stewart, 2015), the Holocaust, writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The social entrepreneur and author Al Etmanski discusses his new book, Impact: Six Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation (Orwell Cove, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The distinguished poet and author Lorna Crozier discusses her new collection of poetry, The Wrong Cat (McClelland & Stewart, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The bestselling author and President of PEN Canada Philip Slayton discusses dysfunction in municipal politics in Canada, the subject of his new book Mayors Gone Bad (Viking, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The new book, Grit: The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr. (UBC Press, 2015) is discussed by its author Greg Donaghy, and Joseph Planta.
Bayan Azizi and his mother Nika Azizi, discuss his memoir, Me, Myself and My Brain Stem Tumour: Memoirs of a Pediatric Brain Cancer Survivor (Everywhere Now, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
Wayne Cope, a veteran of the Vancouver Police Department, discusses his new memoir, Vancouver Blue: A Life Against Crime (Harbour Publishing, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The bestselling author Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses her new book Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now (Knopf, 2015), with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed and bestselling authors Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Lucky Budd discuss their new book, the Northwest coast legend, Orca Chief (Harbour Publishing, 2015), and a lot more, with Joseph Planta.
The broadcaster Todd Hancock discusses his new program, The TODDCast Podcast, radio and more, with Joseph Planta.
The blogger Emily Wight discusses her new cookbook, Well Fed, Flat Broke: Recipes for Modest Budgets and Messy Kitchens (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015) and more, with Joseph Planta.
The broadcaster Matthew Lazin-Ryder, a producer at CBC Radio’s The 180, discusses his work, history, interviewing, journalism, and the CBC, with Joseph Planta.
The versatile and acclaimed actress Gabrielle Rose is the recipient of the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award from the Union of British Columbia Performers. She discusses the award, her career and the future with Joseph Planta.