Articles tagged with: Canada
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Arthur Hughes, 80, has spent the last 14 years at the corner of Robson & Hornby in Vancouver selling poppies around Remembrance Day week to raise money for the Poppy Fund; he sat down with Joseph Planta to talk about the Royal Canadian Legion’s work, the tens of thousands of dollars he’s single handedly raised, and why we should commemorate Remembrance Day.
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Paul Schliesmann, a reporter for the Kingston Whig-Standard discusses his new book, Honour on Trial: The Shafia Murders and the Culture of Honour Killings (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The filmmaker Deepa Mehta discusses her new film Midnight’s Children, adapted by Salman Rushdie from his own novel, which opens in Canada, Friday, 02 November 2012.
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Eleanor Boyle discusses her new book High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat (New Society Publishers, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The journalist and historian Mark Bourrie discusses his new book, Fighting Words: Canada’s Best War Reporting (Dundurn, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The award winning author Donna Morrissey discusses her new novel The Deception of Livvy Higgs (Viking, 2012), writing, living on Canada’s East Coast and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and historian Mark Zuehlke discusses his new book Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The historian Sam McBride discusses his new book, The Bravest Canadian: Fritz Peters, VC: The Making of a Hero of Two World Wars (Granville Island Publishing, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The writer Linda Svendsen discusses her new novel, Sussex Drive (Random House, 2012), the Canadian political events in recent years that inspired the book, teaching creative writing at UBC, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist Andrew Nikiforuk discusses his new book, The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude (Greystone & The David Suzuki Foundation, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
