Articles tagged with: Canada
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The political commentator, former BC cabinet minister and broadcaster, Rafe Mair talks to Joseph Planta about political issues of the day, such as the government of Gordon Campbell, the HST referendum, and more.
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Former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan discusses the Public Salon he’s hosting, Thursday, 23rd September 2010 in Vancouver, where the city’s leading thinkers and minds discuss relevant subjects, with Joseph Planta; also discussed, politics.
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The author and poet George Fetherling discusses his new novel, Walt Whitman’s Secret (Random House, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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The social columnist and teacher Michael Schratter discusses his forthcoming year-long journey around the world by bicycle, raising awareness for mental health issues, as well as money for the Canadian Mental Health Association, with Joseph Planta; Schratter also discusses where he’s going, the stigma around mental illness, and more.
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The author and journalist Laura Robinson discusses her new book Cyclist Bikelist: The Book for Every Rider (Tundra Books, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
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The author Billie Livingston joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new short story collection, Greedy Little Eyes (Vintage Canada, 2010), as well as Vancouver, her writing, and more.
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The number one book in Canada, The Book of Awesome: Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and Other Simple, Brilliant Things (Amy Einhorn Books, 2010) is discussed, as the author Neil Pasricha talks to Joseph Planta about all the awesome things in life.
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The bestselling author Derek Lundy discusses his new book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America (Knopf, 2010) with Joseph Planta. In the book, Lundy travels the American borders with Canada and Mexico atop a motorcycle and offers his observations of border-life, as well as America’s security concerns.
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Yadi Sharifirad, the author of The Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran (Thomas Allen, 2010), talks about his memoir about the brutal detention and torture he suffered in Iran, to his escape to Canada, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and historian John Boyko discusses his biography of R.B. Bennett, Canada’s 11th Prime Minister: Bennett: The Rebel Who Challenged and Changed a Nation (Key Porter, 2010), Bennett’s legacy, the Great Depression, as well as comparisons of Stephen Harper with Bennett, with Joseph Planta.
