Articles tagged with: memoir
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The playwright and theatre artist Carmen Aguirre discusses her first book, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre, 2011), being a member of the Chilean resistance, Chile today, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The life, death and memory of Captain Jeff Francis is at the centre of a new book, For Your Tomorrow: The Way of An Unlikely Soldier (Random House, 2011); Killed in Afghanistan by an IED, his aunt, the author Melanie Murray, talks about loss, mourning and service in the book, and in this interview with Joseph Planta.
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The writer and broadcaster Steve Burgess discusses his memoir, Who Killed Mom? A Delinquent Son’s Meditation on Family, Mortality, and Very Tacky Candles (Greystone, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
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The bestselling author John Elder Robison discusses his new book Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian (Doubleday, 2011), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss Asperger’s, its symptoms, and how Robison coped with being different.
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The author Rupinder Gill discusses her new memoir, On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life (McClelland & Stewart, 2011), with Joseph Planta.
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The author and chef Cory Parsons discusses his new cookbook Cooking with Cory: Inspirational Recipes for the Fearless Cook (Whitecap, 2010), food, as well as the diving accident that left him a quadriplegic, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and novelist Emma Forrest discusses her new memoir, Your Voice in My Head (Random House, 2011), with Joseph Planta. Forrest talks about her descent into mental illness and her recovery through writing, and more.
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The author Tim Ward discusses the reissuing of his bestselling memoir, What the Buddha Never Taught (Thomas Allen Publishers, 2010), Buddhism, faith, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The author of Wearing the Green Beret: A Canadian with the Royal Marine Commandos, Jake Olafsen, a former marine commando, discusses his new book with Joseph Planta; as well he discusses his decision to leave the Canadian Forces reserve for the Royal Marines, and his time in Afghanistan, where he completed two tours of duty, and more.
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The noted artist and author Helen Piddington discusses her memoir, Rumble Seat: A Victorian Childhood Remembered (Harbour Publishing, 2010), with Joseph Planta.
