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[24 Jun 2008]

To Timbuktu for a Haircut: A Journey Through West Africa (Dundurn, 2008) is funny and fun memoir from Tourism Vancouver’s Rick Antonson. He talks to Joseph Planta about his unforgettable trip through Senegal and Mali.

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[4 Jun 2008]

Legendary broadcaster and writer Rafe Mair talks to Joseph Planta about his new collection of essays, What the Bleep Is Going On Here? (Harbour, 2008).

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[26 May 2008]

Former NDP MP for Vancouver East (1979-1993) Margaret Mitchell talks to Joseph Planta about her memoir, No Laughing Matter: Adventure, Activism, and Politics (Granville Island, 2008).

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[23 May 2008]

Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham talks to Joseph Planta about her new book The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in Canada’s Polygamous Mormon Sect (Random House, 2008).

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[5 May 2008]

Legendary Edmonton bookseller, publisher and creator of The Canadian Encyclopedia, political activist and author, Mel Hurtig talks to Joseph Planta about his new book, The Truth About Canada: Some Important, Some Astonishing, and Some Truly Appalling Things all Canadians Should Know About Our Country (McClelland & Stewart, 2008).

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[14 Apr 2008]

Playwright Michele Riml talks to Joseph Planta about her new play Poster Boys, currently playing at the Arts Club on Granville Island until 26 April 2008, as well as her career as a writer.

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[16 Jan 2008]

Broadcaster, writer, actor, lecturer, addictions expert, Community Liaison at Langara College, and blogger David Berner talks to Joseph Planta about his career in broadcasting, the state of Vancouver politics, and more.

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[16 Nov 2007]

Public policy adviser Amanda Sussman, a former adviser to cabinet ministers Elinor Caplan and Bill Graham, talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, The Art of the Possible: (A Handbook for Political Activism) (McClelland and Stewart, 2007).

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[17 Oct 2007]

Author, historian, and Geist contributor Daniel Francis recently spoke to Joseph Planta about his book, Red Light Neon: A History of Vancouver’s Sex Trade (Subway, 2007).

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[17 Oct 2007]

Cold-Cocked On Hockey (Biblioasis, 2007) is a new memoir from writer Lorna Jackson, who discussed her book-length appreciation of hockey with Joseph Planta.