Articles tagged with: history
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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.
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The filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed discusses her film Story of Burqa: Case of a Confused Afghan, which premieres Thursday, 10 May 2012 at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, with Joseph Planta.
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The biographer and bestselling author Anne Sebba discusses her book That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (St. Martin’s Press, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is discussed in a new book, Who Killed Abraham Lincoln? (Salmova Press) that looks at an alleged Catholic conspiracy behind the killing. The book’s author Paul Serup highlights Charles Chiniquy, in an interview with Joseph Planta.
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The author and historian Allan Levine discusses his recent biography King: William Lyon Mackenzie King, A Life Guided By the Hand of Destiny (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
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The legendary journalist and historian Stanley Karnow discusses his years covering the Philippines, the book that won him the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1990, In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines (Random House, 1989), and reflects on the Filipino people, as well as the historical figures he covered, with Joseph Planta.
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The Sun News Network personality, author and activist Ezra Levant discusses his new book The Enemy Within: Terror, Lies and the Whitewashing of Omar Khadr (McClelland & Stewart, 2012), with Joseph Planta.
