Articles tagged with: Canada
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The journalist Steve Paikin, host of TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, discusses politics, the Ontario premiers he’s known, and his new book, Paikin and the Premiers, with Joseph Planta.
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The life and times of Frank Calder are chronicled in a new biography, the first of its kind, He Moved A Mountain: The Life of Frank Calder and The Nisga’a Land Claims Accord (Ronsdale Press, 2013). Its author Joan Harper discusses Calder and the writing of this book, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and historian John Boyko discusses his new book, Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation (Knopf, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
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The author Julia Lin discusses her new book, Miah (Tsar Books, 2012), with Joseph Planta, which is the first collection of Taiwanese-Canadian short stories published.
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The filmmaker Richard Martin discusses his new documentary which screens this week at DOXA: The Documentary Film Festival, BackBone: Vancouver Experimental Cinema from 1967-1981, with Joseph Planta.
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The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation was created to raise awareness about mental health issues, especially with teens since Dennehy was only 17 when he committed suicide after years of dealing with anxiety and depression. To continue raising money and awareness, Kelty’s parents will ride across Canada this summer to tell Kelty’s story and more. Before the start of the journey, Ginny Dennehy talks to Joseph Planta about her son, about teen suicide and more.
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Eat St. host James Cunningham talks about the food truck phenomenon and the television show’s new companion book, Eat St. Recipes from the Tastiest, Messiest, and Most Irresistible Food Trucks (Penguin, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
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The poet, publisher, and teacher Jay MillAr reflects on the world of poetry, his own poems, and his new collection, Timely Irreverence (Nightwood Editions, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
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The activist and president of Community Food Centres Canada Nick Saul discusses food insecurity, poverty and his new book (co-written with Andrea Curtis) The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement (Random House, 2013), with Joseph Planta.
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The legendary artist Roy Henry Vickers discusses his life and art, a new book co-authored with Robert Budd, Raven Brings the Light (Harbour Publishing, 2013) and an upcoming show in Vancouver, with Joseph Planta.
