The 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 is pondered and honoured in a new collection of poetry from the poet, Renée Sarojini Saklikar: Children of Air India: un/authorized exhibits and interjections (Nightwood Editions, 2013); She talks to Joseph Planta about the book, poetry, and more.

The poet Russell Thornton discusses his recent critically acclaimed collection, Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (Harbour Publishing, 2013), the craft of poetry, and more, with Joseph Planta.

The author and artist Alison Wearing discusses her recent memoir, Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter: Growing Up with A Gay Dad (Knopf, 2013), with Joseph Planta.

The distinguished biographer Sandra Djwa discusses her critically acclaimed biography Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013), with Joseph Planta.

The journalist and author Chris Turner discusses his new book, The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper’s Canada (Greystone, 2013), and his run for the federal Green Party in last year’s Calgary Centre by-election, with Joseph Planta.

The writer Jowita Bydlowska discusses her memoir Drunk Mom (Doubleday, 2013), and her struggle with alcoholism, with Joseph Planta.

Lidia Bastianich, famed chef and television personality, discusses Italian cuisine, and her new book, Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking (Appetite, 2013), with Joseph Planta.

The historian and blogger Lani Russwurm discusses his new book, Vancouver Was Awesome: A Curious Pictorial History (Arsenal Pulp, 2013), with Joseph Planta.

The author Wayne Grady talks about his first novel, Emancipation Day (Doubleday, 2013), with Joseph Planta.

The journalist, author, and senior political writer at the Toronto Star Susan Delacourt discusses her new book Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them (Douglas & McIntyre, 2013), with Joseph Planta.