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[14 Jun 2010]

The number one book in Canada, The Book of Awesome: Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and Other Simple, Brilliant Things (Amy Einhorn Books, 2010) is discussed, as the author Neil Pasricha talks to Joseph Planta about all the awesome things in life.

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[3 Jun 2010]

The bestselling author Derek Lundy discusses his new book Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America (Knopf, 2010) with Joseph Planta. In the book, Lundy travels the American borders with Canada and Mexico atop a motorcycle and offers his observations of border-life, as well as America’s security concerns.

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[2 Jun 2010]

Yadi Sharifirad, the author of The Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran (Thomas Allen, 2010), talks about his memoir about the brutal detention and torture he suffered in Iran, to his escape to Canada, with Joseph Planta.

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[1 Jun 2010]

Discussed is the bestselling, award-winning and critically acclaimed novel Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco, who joins Joseph Planta to talk about Filipino culture, history, politics, arts, and more, topics covered in the book.

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[31 May 2010]

The author Judy Fong Bates discusses her memoir The Year of Finding Memory (Random House, 2010), her Canadian identity, heritage, and going back to China to learn more about her parents, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 May 2010]

Northern cooking is profiled and discussed with Michele Genest as she and Joseph Planta discuss her new book The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures in Northern Cooking (Lost Moose, 2010); and she previews her upcoming event in Vancouver on June 3rd at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks.

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[26 May 2010]

The investigative journalist and author Harvey Cashore of the CBC discusses his new book The Truth Shows Up: A Reporter’s Fifteen-Year Odyssey Tracking Down the Truth about Mulroney, Schreiber and the Airbus Scandal (Key Porter, 2010), with Joseph Planta.

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[25 May 2010]

The author and columnist Susie Boyt discusses her critically acclaimed memoir, My Judy Garland Life with Joseph Planta, just as the book is published in soft cover. She discusses her admiration for Garland, what she’s learned about herself, and more; as well as how this book’s been received, including a meeting with a big fan of the book, Barry Manilow.

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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).