Articles tagged with: history
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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.
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The author and historian Ross King discusses his new book Leonardo and the Last Supper (Bond Street Books, 2012), a look Leonardo da Vinci and his painting the Last Supper, with Joseph Planta.
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The author Michael Chabon discusses his new novel, Telegraph Avenue, music, race, writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The writer Pankaj Mishra discusses his new book, From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia (Doubleday, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The writer and historian Alfred J. Zacher discusses his book, Presidential Power: In Troubled Second Terms (Telemachus Press, 2012) and the current presidential election, with Joseph Planta.
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In anticipation of Mad Men’s fifth season finale this Sunday on AMC, Christine Hall, Director of Communications of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and fan, talks to Joseph Planta about the show, its impact and the storylines and characters.
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Larry Wong, past president of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia, discusses his recent memoir Dim Sum Stories: A Chinatown Childhood (2011), growing up in Vancouver’s Chinatown in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as his father and mother, race and culture, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and historian Harold Kalman discusses the newest edition of his legendary books on the city’s buildings, Exploring Vancouver: The Architectural Guide (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012), co-written with Robin Ward, with photographs by John Roaf. Also discussed, with Joseph Planta, the meaning of architecture, and the development of Vancouver.
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The author and artist Michael Kluckner discusses Vancouver and the changes its undergone as narrated in his new book, Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years (Whitecap, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and former lawyer Leslie Hall Pinder discusses her new novel Bring Me One of Everything (Grey Swan, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
