Articles tagged with: history
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The author, comedian, and activist Charles Demers discusses Vancouver and how he views it in his recent book Vancouver Special (Arsenal Pulp, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The Governor General’s Prize winning author William Gilkerson discusses his new book A Thousand Years of Pirates (Tundra Books, 2009), with Joseph Planta; as well as talking about pirates past and present (online and on the seas currently), they talk about Donald Sutherland, who is adapting one of the books for an animated series.
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The author and journalist David Sax discusses his new book Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Anjan Chaklader talks to the author Wayne Norton about his new book Women On Ice: The Early Years of Women’s Hockey in Western Canada (Ronsdale Press, 2009).
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The historian and bestselling author John English discusses his second of two volumes on Pierre Trudeau, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 (Knopf, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The Beaver magazine’s editor Mark Reid, has edited a collection, 100 Photos That Changed Canada (HarperCollins, 2009), and discusses it with Joseph Planta, and some of those notable moments in Canadian history so depicted.
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The journalist and author Harvey Sawler discusses his new book, Frank McKenna: Beyond Politics (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009), McKenna’s career as a criminal lawyer, premier of New Brunswick (1987-1997), his post-political career as Canadian ambassador to the United States, and now as deputy chair of TD Bank, and quite possibly whether he’ll lead the Liberal Party of Canada.
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The Olympic Gold medalist Ross Rebagliati discusses his new book, Off the Chain: An Insider’s History of Snowboarding (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta; also discussed is the drug controversy that at first cost him his gold medal in 1998 and its subsequent reinstatement, as well as his recent foray into federal politics as he will be running as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla.
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The Washington Post’s David Finkel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, discusses his new book, the already highly regarded and well-reviewed The Good Soldiers (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009), with Joseph Planta; a powerful book that follows United States Army soldiers between January 2007 to June 2008, who go to Iraq as part of President Bush’s surge.
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The author and journalist, editor of BC Bookworld Alan Twigg, discusses his new book Tibetans in Exile: The Dalai Lama and the Woodcocks (Ronsdale Press, 2009), the story behind George ang Ingeborg Woodcock and their founding of the Tibetan Refugee Aid Society and Canada India Village Aid after meeting the Dalai Lama in 1961.
