Articles tagged with: history
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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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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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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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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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The journalist and historian Mark Bourrie discusses his new book, Fighting Words: Canada’s Best War Reporting (Dundurn, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and historian Mark Zuehlke discusses his new book Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The acclaimed author Tom Reiss discusses his new book, The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Crown, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Anthony Shelton discusses the museum’s newest exhibit Luminescence: The Silver of Peru, Peruvian silver and silversmithing, history and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The noted actor David Yip discusses his upcoming show in Vancouver at The Cultch, Gold Mountain, as well as his career, with Joseph Planta.
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The historian Sam McBride discusses his new book, The Bravest Canadian: Fritz Peters, VC: The Making of a Hero of Two World Wars (Granville Island Publishing, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
