Articles tagged with: Canada
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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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The novelist William Deverell talks about his latest novel, featuring Arthur Beauchamp, Q.C., Snow Job (McClelland and Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Michael Byers, UBC professor of global politics and international law and bestselling author (Intent for a Nation: What is Canada For?) discusses his new book Who Owns the Arctic? Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009), with Joseph Planta; other than the politics and issues of Arctic sovereignty, they also discuss whether Byers will run federally again.
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Last week, Joseph Planta talked to CBC Radio host Eleanor Wachtel about interviewing and more. The host of Writers and Company, Wachtel hosts what is considered Canada’s foremost literary program. Podcasts of Writers and Company can be downloaded at here
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2007 National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Colin Angus and Julie Angus talk to Joseph Planta about their new book, Rowed Trip: From Scotland to Syria by Oar (Doubleday, 2009), which chronicles their boat, bike and foot travels to the homelands of their parents.
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Food columnist at the Calgary Herald’s Swerve magazine, artist, and graduate from the French Culinary Institute, Pierre Lamielle talks food and his new book, Kitchen Scraps: A Humorous Illustrated Cookbook (Whitecap, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The poet and writer Brian Brett discusses his new memoir Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life (Greystone, 2009) with Joseph Planta.
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Dianne Whelan, an adventurer, filmmaker and author discusses her 2,000 kilometre journey in the Arctic, with Joseph Planta; she discusses what it’s like travelling with Canadian rangers charged with patrolling the Arctic, climate change, Arctic sovereignty, as well as her new book, This Vanishing Land: A Woman’s Journey to the Canadian Arctic (Caitlin Press, 2009), and her new film, This Land, which screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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The political strategist Jonathan Ross discusses his new website CivicScene.ca, the surfeit of political websites and blogs covering municipal affairs in Vancouver, how the current mayor Gregor Robertson and his council are doing, the HST debate in British Columbia, and the Liberal Party of Canada under Michael Ignatieff.
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The novelist Lori Lansens talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, The Wife’s Tale (Knopf, 2009), a story about an obsese woman’s search for her husband who’s left her and the search for herself; as well, Lansens discusses moving from Canada to California, her writing and reading habits, and interacting with her readers at book clubs and elsewhere.
