James Bartleman
Saturday, February 26th, 2011In today’s National Post I sit down with James Bartleman, former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, to discuss his debut novel As Long As The Rivers Flow.
Joy Fielding and Roberta Rich
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011Last Friday I went for tea at the Windsor Arms Hotel with Joy Fielding and Roberta Rich. Basically, I let them interview one another.
Ian Hamilton
Saturday, February 19th, 2011Why are so many people writing crime fiction these days? For the same reason so many people rob banks: That’s where the money is. Ian Hamilton leads the highbrow House of Anansi into a world of murder, mayhem and (hopefully) big sales.
Essex County
Thursday, February 17th, 2011Essex County was the first book voted-off Canada Reads last week; in this week’s Culture Club, I ask our distinguished panel what that means.
Emma Forrest
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011In Wednesday’s National Post I talk to Emma Forrest, author of the memoir Your Voice in My Head.
Charles Taylor Prize
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011Yesterday, Charles Foran won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction for his biography of Mordecai Richler; read about it here, or check out my profile of Foran here.
The Science of Kissing
Monday, February 14th, 2011It’s Valentine’s Day. To mark the occasion, I conducted a Q&A with Sheril Kirshenbaum, author of the new book The Science of Kissing.
Angie Abdou; Terry Fallis
Saturday, February 12th, 2011In Saturday’s National Post I profile Angie Abdou, author of the new novel The Canterbury Trail, and The Bone Cage, one of the finalists for this year’s Canada Reads, which was won by Terry Fallis, who I interview here.
Canada Reads, Day Three
Thursday, February 10th, 2011Terry Fallis’ political satire The Best Laid Plans has won this year’s Canada Reads. I interviewed Fallis last year for my feature on self-publishing.
Canada Reads, Day Two
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011Canada Reads continues…
Today, Angie Abdou’s novel The Bone Cage was voted-off CBC’s annual battle of the books. Watch for my profile of Abdou later this week.