Alestorm
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008In today’s National Post I chat with Christopher Bowes, the lead singer of Scottish pirate metal band Alestorm. For the extended version, check out The Ampersand.
Pasha Malla
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008In today’s National Post: I head to the Ontario Science Centre with author Pasha Malla and talk about his debut collection of short stories. Watch the video here.
Sex and the City
Monday, May 26th, 2008Female Trekkies. Send hate mail to mmedley@nationalpost.com.
Dusk Till Dawn; Justin Rutledge
Saturday, May 24th, 2008A couple of weeks ago, about a dozen National Post reporters fanned out across the city between sunset and sunrise. Our story, Dusk Till Dawn, appears in today’s paper. Also, I go browsing for books with singer Justin Rutledge.
Indiana Jones; Toro
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Who Moved My Idol? In today’s National Post I talk to archaeologists about the new Indiana Jones movie. Plus, I take a look at the relaunch of Toro magazine.
Gossip Girl; Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008In today’s National Post: I take a look at the relationship between Gossip Girl and the web, and also preview Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa, a new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture that opens today.
Junot Diaz
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Last month, when I was conducting interviews for my feature on Sloth, I was fortunate enough to get a hold of Junot Diaz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. While we spoke about the ten years it took him to write his debut novel, there was tons more material that never saw the light of day. In today’s National Post: my (almost) complete Q & A with Junot Diaz.
Graham Roumieu
Monday, May 12th, 2008In today’s National Post I talk to Toronto illustrator Graham Roumieu about his new book Bigfoot: I Not Dead. And check out The Ampersand for Graham’s video on how to draw Bigfoot.
Meat Loaf
Thursday, May 8th, 2008I spoke to Meat Loaf - yes, that Meat Loaf - last week about his new documentary, In Search of Paradise. Some of our chat appears in today’s National Post.
Keith Gessen
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008In today’s National Post I talk to author and n+1 editor Keith Gessen about his new book All The Sad Young Literary Men.