Articles tagged with: memoir
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The director of communications for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former Newsweek correspondent Michael Meyer discusses his new book, The Year that Changed the World: The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall (Scribner, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they talk about the events in eastern Europe twenty years ago in Hungary and throughout the communist bloc that led to the fall of the Wall, Romania and the Ceausescu’s, and the lessons we can apply to today.
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The Globe and Mail’s Ian Brown discusses his new memoir The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son (Random House, 2009), a heart-rending yet uplifting chronicle of his son’s life with cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC), a rare genetic disorder.
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Blogger (www.ronamaynard.com) and former Chatelaine editor Rona Maynard joins Joseph Planta to discuss books, David Letterman, food, the state of magazines, and Thanksgiving, among other topics.
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The bestselling author and Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen discusses her new book, You Were Always Mom’s Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives (Random House, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The noted satrist and author Christopher Buckley discusses the memoir he’s written about his parents, William F. Buckley Jr. and the Vancouver-born Patricia Taylor Buckley, Losing Mum and Pup (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Celebrated author Wayson Choy discusses his new book, the critically acclaimed and bestselling, Not Yet: A Memoir of Living and Almost Dying (Doubleday, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The author Robyn Harding talks to Joseph Planta about her book, Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man Boobs? My Confused, Guilt-Ridden, and Stressful Struggle to Raise a Green Family (Greystone, 2009).
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The popular syndicated columnist and radio host Dr. Dave Hepburn talks about his new hilarious and very useful book, The Doctor Is In(Sane): Indispensible Advice from Dr. Dave (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist Meg Federico discusses her memoir on mothering her mother, Welcome to the Departure Lounge (Doubleday, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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The former premier of British Columbia Bill Vander Zalm discusses his new memoir, For The People, his career, and more, with Joseph Planta.
