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[28 Mar 2010]

A look at the presidential campaign in the Philippines with the broadcaster and economics professor at the University of the Philippines Winnie Monsod, as she talks to Joseph Planta about the issues and the candidates running to succeed the unpopular Gloria Arroyo.

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[25 Mar 2010]

A new collection The Heart Does Break: Canadian Writers on Grief and Mourning (Random House, 2009) is discussed. The book’s editors, George Bowering and Jean Baird talk to Joseph Planta about grief, mourning, and this collection of essays written by well-known Canadian writers.

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[25 Mar 2010]

The writer and comic Kitty Martini talks to Joseph Planta about the book she and Candice Reed have written, Thank You for Firing Me! How to Catch the Next Wave of Success After You Lose Your Job (Sterling, 2010).

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[22 Mar 2010]

Emily White talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude (McClelland & Stewart, 2010).

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[18 Mar 2010]

The author and journalist Greg Campbell discusses the book he co-wrote with Scott Andrew Selby, Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History (Union Square, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

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[17 Mar 2010]

The writer, journalist, comic, playwright, and now novelist (one of Random House’s New Faces of Fiction) Drew Hayden Taylor discusses his book, Motorcycles and Sweetgrass (Knopf, 2010), with Joseph Planta; it’s a novel about the aboriginal experience, magic, family, raccoons, and a mysterious stranger.

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[17 Mar 2010]

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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[11 Mar 2010]

The bestselling author and veteran business journalist, Rod McQueen discusses his new book, BlackBerry: The Inside Story of Research in Motion (Key Porter, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

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[10 Mar 2010]

The Vancouver Courier columnist, longtime broadcaster and journalist Allen Garr talks to Joseph Planta about the state of Vancouver politics, the recent Olympics, beekeeping, and his run for a seat on the Vancity board.

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[10 Mar 2010]

Norman D. Watt, author of Off the Beaten Path: A Hiking Guide to Vancouver’s North Shore (Harbour Publishing, 2010), talks to Joseph Planta about the many trails and treks featured in the book.