Articles tagged with: fiction
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The author Adam Lewis Schroeder discusses his new novel, In the Fabled East (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010), traveling in Asia, writing, and a used book store in Penticton, with Joseph Planta.
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Zsuzsi Gartner, the editor of the short story collection, Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010), talks to Joseph Planta.
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The prize winning and bestselling novelist Joan Thomas talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Curiosity: A Love Story (McClelland & Stewart, 2010), which features Mary Anning and Henry de la Beche as leading characters.
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The author Beth Powning talks to Joseph Planta about her newest book, The Sea Captain’s Wife (Knopf, 2010), the sea, writing, diary-keeping, and more.
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The writer, journalist, comic, playwright, and now novelist (one of Random House’s New Faces of Fiction) Drew Hayden Taylor discusses his book, Motorcycles and Sweetgrass (Knopf, 2010), with Joseph Planta; it’s a novel about the aboriginal experience, magic, family, raccoons, and a mysterious stranger.
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In less than a week, I’ll find myself on a long haul flight. It’s not the destination that worries me, rather it’s the journey. I’m not enthusiastic about the several hours I’ll be flying, and so I’ve sought advice from regular travellers like Rafe Mair and Rona Maynard. They have both suggested reading mid-air.
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The Governor General’s Prize winning author William Gilkerson discusses his new book A Thousand Years of Pirates (Tundra Books, 2009), with Joseph Planta; as well as talking about pirates past and present (online and on the seas currently), they talk about Donald Sutherland, who is adapting one of the books for an animated series.
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The author and prolific book reviewer, Robert J. Wiersema discusses The World More Full of Weeping (ChiZine Publications, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss growing up in Agassiz, fountain pens, books and book reviewing.
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UBC librarian emeritus Joseph Jones talks to Joseph Planta about the translation he’s just published of Hubert Aquin’s Les sables mouvants / Shifting Sands (Ronsdale Press, 2009); they also discuss Aquin’s life, his place in Quebec culture, and more.
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The Vancouver artist Pascal Milelli discusses the new book he’s illustrated Waiting for the Owl’s Call (Sleeping Bear Press, 2009; written by Gloria Whelan), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss his work as a commercial artist and his artistic process.
