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[25 Jan 2016]

The founder and president of LifeTree Media Maggie Langrick, discusses her work as a publisher, the books she’s published, as well as her careers as an actress, and journalist, with Joseph Planta.

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[25 Nov 2015]

The journalist and author Ann Walmsley talks about books and reading in prison and her new book, The Prison Book Club (Viking, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[13 Nov 2015]

The historian and writer Frances Backhouse joins Joseph Planta to discuss her new book Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver (ECW Press, 2015).

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[2 Nov 2015]

The author Trevor Carolan discusses his latest book, The Literary Storefront: The Glory Years: Vancouver’s Literary Centre, 1978-1985 an important slice of Vancouver literary history, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Oct 2015]

The poet and playwright Dan O’Brien discusses his latest collection of poetry, New Life, which deal with his experiences with the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Paul Watson, who also joins the conversation discussing his reporting, and his resignation from the Toronto Star this past summer, with Joseph Planta.

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[21 Oct 2015]

The writers and poets Wayde Compton and Renée Sarojini Saklikar discuss poetry, teaching writing, and the collection of poetry they have edited The Revolving City: 51 Poems and the Stories Behind Them (Anvil Press, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[16 Oct 2015]

In the midst of serving a sentence a a corrections facility, the author Christopher Zoukis discusses prison reform and the value of getting an education from prison, and his book College for Convicts: The Case for Higher Education in American Prisons (McFarland and Company, 2014), with Joseph Planta.

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[5 Oct 2015]

The Globe and Mail’s Ian Brown, an award-winning and bestselling author, discusses his new book: Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year (Random House, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

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[2 Oct 2015]

The author Christian Brown discusses his Feast of Fates (Forsythia Press, 2014), fantasy writing, the solace in writing, and more, with Joseph Planta.

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[30 Sep 2015]

The award-winning and bestselling author Elizabeth Hay discusses her new novel, His Whole Life (McClelland & Stewart, 2015), the mother-son relationship at the heart of the book, and its backdrop of the Quebec referendum of 1995, with Joseph Planta.