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The author and popular blogger La Carmina discusses her new book Cute Yummy Time: 70 Recipes for the Cutest Food You’ll Ever Eat (Perigee, 2009), with Joseph Planta; also discussed is her Scottish Fold cat Basil Farrow, as well as other aspects of Japanese and Asian culture and more.
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A Bitter Pill: How the Medical System is Failing the Elderly (Greystone, 2009) is a much needed wake-up call alerting us to how we’re treating older patients. Its author, Dr. John Sloan talks to Joseph Planta about the prescriptions he has for the system and how to better care for the elderly.
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Simon Fraser University criminologist Neil Boyd discusses the book he’s co-authored with Larry Campbell and Lori Culbert, A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The popular television personality, Michael Smith of Food Network Canada’s Chef Abroad, discusses his new book, The Best of Chef at Home: Essential Recipes for Today’s Kitchen (Whitecap, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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James Hoggan of the PR firm Hoggan and Associates talks about his new book (co-written with Richard Littlemore), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and poet Karen Connelly talks to Joseph Planta about her new memoir, Burmese Lessons: A Love Story (Doubleday, 2009). Amidst the military dictatorship in Burma, Connelly has a love affair with a young revolutionary named Maung, which is discussed, as well as Connelly’s writing process, and prize winning.
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The journalist and author Andrew Scott discusses his new work, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia (Harbour Publishing, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The Globe and Mail’s Deirdre Kelly talks to Joseph Planta about her memoir, Paris Times Eight: Finding Myself in the City of Dreams (Greystone, 2009), a look at the trips she made to France over the years, and how each shaped her life, giving her an understanding of herself, her family and more.
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The author and novelist Michael Crummey discusses his new book, Galore (Doubleday, 2009) with Joseph Planta; they also discuss Newfoundland, where the book is set, his writing habits, as well as awards and prizes, as this book has nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award.
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David Allen Sibley, who succeeded John James Audubon and Richard Tory Peterson with the standard guide to birds, talks to Joseph Planta, about his latest book, The Sibley Guide to Trees (Knopf, 2009).
