Articles tagged with: history
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The historian and author Francis Mansbridge discusses his new book Dreamers and Designers: The Shaping of West Vancouver (Harbour Publishing, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The history professor at St Thomas University, Michael Dawson, discusses the book he co-edited (with Catherine Gidney and Donald Wright), Symbols of Canada (Between the Lines, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The historian and New York University professor Laurence Maslon discusses his new book Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America (Oxford University Press, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The history of two Vancouver waterfront communities on the fringe, Surrey’s Bridgeview and the North Shore’s Maplewood Mudflats are recounted in the new book by Jean Walton, Mudflat Dreaming: Waterfront Battles and the Squatters Who Fought Them in 1970s Vancouver (New Star Books, 2018), which she discusses with Joseph Planta.
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The entrepreneur and learning architect Dr Rumeet Billan discusses her new children’s book Who Do I Want to Become? (Page Two, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The former MP and MLA Ian Waddell, Q.C. discusses his life and career in and out of politics, and his new memoir Take the Torch (Nightwood Editions, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and podcaster Scott Ryan discusses his longtime allegiance to David Letterman and writing his new oral history The Last Days of Letterman: The Final Six Weeks (Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
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The author, illustrator and political cartoonist Jacques Goldstyn discusses his new children’s book The Eleventh Hour (Owlkids Books, 2018), the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, the horror of the First World War, and how to talk to children about war, with Joseph Planta.
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Dr. Eric McGeer discusses the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, with Joseph Planta; they also discuss The Great War’s significance on how it shaped Canada, as well the losses on both sides in terms of blood and treasure.
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The distinguished urban planner and President and CEO of the SFU Community Trust Gordon Harris discusses the new book he’s written with Richard Littlemore, Building Community: Defining, Designing, Developing UniverCity (Ecotone, 2018), with Joseph Planta.
