MTEP
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009The acronym stands for the Marquee Tourism Events Program. You can read about it here.
The Ecology of Books: Book Designers
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Or, as the headline says, the article is about those “in the jacket racket.” I rounded up some of the country’s Toronto’s top book designers for a roundtable discussion about their craft.
Dave Cullen on Columbine; Richard Poplak on Pop Culture
Monday, April 20th, 2009In today’s National Post, I talk to American journalist Dave Cullen about the subject of his buzzed-about new book, Columbine, which took place 10 years ago today. Also, I profile cultural commentator Richard Poplak, author of the wonderful new book The Sheikh’s Batmobile, in sets off to discover what happens to American pop culture when it reaches the Muslim world.
Emily Schultz; Thomas Hine
Saturday, April 18th, 2009In today’s National Post, I talk to Toronto author Emily Schultz, author of the new novel Heaven is Small, and talk to design critic and cultural commentator Thomas Hine about his book The Great Funk: Styles of the Shaggy, Sexy, Shameless 1970s.
Wayson Choy
Thursday, April 16th, 2009In today’s National Post I talk to author Wayson Choy about his new memoir, Not Yet.
Blue Jays
Saturday, April 11th, 2009In today’s National Post: I go behind-the-scenes at the Rogers Centre for the Blue Jays home opener.
Anne Michaels on The Winter Vault
Saturday, April 4th, 2009In today’s National Post, I talk to novelist Anne Michaels about her novel The Winter Vault, which is the long-awaited follow-up to Fugitive Pieces.