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[29 Nov 2012]

The musician, writer and historian Aaron Chapman discusses his new book, Liquor, Lust, and the Law: The Story of Vancouver’s Legendary Penthouse Nightclub (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012), with Joseph Planta.

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[27 Nov 2012]

The journalist Mel Tobias discusses, Philippine arts, the local community, and the upcoming stage reading of A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, which he directs, as part of the Philippine Cultural Celebration in Richmond 04 December 2012 at the Gateway Theatre, with Joseph Planta.

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[22 Nov 2012]

The public intellectual and author Thomas King discusses his new book, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (Doubleday, 2012), with Joseph Planta.

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[14 Nov 2012]

The journalist Tom Hawthorn discusses his new collection Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians (Harbour Publishing, 2012), with Joseph Planta.

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[14 Nov 2012]

The author and historian Ray Argyle discusses his recent book, a biography: Joey Smallwood: Schemer and Dreamer (Dundurn, 2012), with Joseph Planta.

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[12 Nov 2012]

The publisher, poet, and writer Mona Fertig discusses the publishing company she runs, Mother Tongue Publishing on the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the books she publishes, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[6 Nov 2012]

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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[1 Nov 2012]

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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[26 Oct 2012]

The Vancouver Sun’s Shelley Fralic talks to Joseph Planta about Making Headlines: 100 Years of the Vancouver Sun, a new commemorative book that she’s written on the paper’s centenary.

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[23 Oct 2012]

The journalist and historian Mark Bourrie discusses his new book, Fighting Words: Canada’s Best War Reporting (Dundurn, 2012), with Joseph Planta.