Treat Me Like Dirt
Saturday, January 16th, 2010In Saturday’s National Post I talk with Liz Worth about her book Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond.
Fakes and Forgeries
Thursday, January 7th, 2010In today’s National Post I take a look at Fakes & Forgeries, a new exhibit opening at the ROM next week.
3-D; Kobo
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009In Wednesday’s National Post I explore the resurgence of 3-D, and over on The Afterword I chat with Shortcover’s Michael Serbinis about new e-reading service Kobo.
Anno dominant
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009In today’s National Post, I chat with Fred Kaplan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and columnist at Slate, about his new book 1959: The Year Eveything Changed, and examine the spate of non-fiction books — 1959, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1989 — which claim a year as “the most important ever.”
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.
The art of Bush
Saturday, January 17th, 2009In today’s National Post, I look back on the art that will come to represent the presidency of George W. Bush.
Simon Winchester; Ken Alexander
Thursday, June 12th, 2008In today’s National Post, I chat with author Simon Winchester about his new book The Man Who Loved China. Also: I spoke to Ken Alexander yesterday about his resignation from The Walrus. Read the Q & A here.
Obscure Canadian history
Saturday, June 30th, 2007I take a look at some lesser-known bits of Canadian history in today’s Canada Day edition of the National Post.