authors: Broadcasts
 Darwin's Bastards: The Video!Want to know what you're in for with this wild ride? Check out our first-ever book trailer for Darwin's Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow. Starring Zsuzsi Gartner and her all-star cast! D&M Marketing, Mar 10, 2010 Read more >> |
 Chris Goodall - SPEAKEASY || Ten Technologies to Save the PlanetWe're constantly on the lookout for ways we can reduce our carbon footprint. And while things like walking or biking to work and eating locally grown foods are important and worthwhile, it can sometimes feel like it's simply too small of an act to have an impact on a global scale. Which is why it's encouraging ... D&M Speakeasy (007), Mar 4, 2010 Read more >> |
 Wayson Choy - SPEAKEASY || The Jade PeonyAs a contender for the annual literary throw-down Canada Reads, Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony is the second oldest book on the list. First published in 1995, this novel set in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1930s and '40s had become a true Canadian classic. The debaters will battle it out on air from ... D&M Speakeasy (006), Feb 4, 2010 Read more >> |
 Adam Lewis Schroeder Reads from His New Novel In The Fabled EastGetting right into character, Adam Lewis Schroeder reads a section of his new novel, In the Fabled East, a sweeping literary adventure set against the backdrop of French Indochina. Try out your own accents by reading this excerpt too! Adam Lewis Schroeder, Jan 25, 2010 Read more >> |
 David Finkel - SPEAKEASY || The Good SoldiersEpisode 5 of Speakeasy has John speaking with the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist David Finkel about his new book The Good Soldiers. It is set in 2007, a major turning point in the war in Iraq, just after George W. Bush announced his famous surge. Finkel, a Washington Post correspondent who had covered ... D&M Speakeasy (005), Jan 7, 2010 Read more >> |
 Anthropologist Aldona Jonaitis Explores the Myth of the Totem PoleTake a quick intercultural tour of the totem pole in North America. From a traditional art form to tourist draw to fashion, the totem pole has been a fascination since its inception. University of Washington Press, Jan 4, 2010 Read more >> |
 John Ortved Meets with His Freelance PublicistsEver wonder what a publicists' meeting is like from the authors point of view? John Ortved, author of The Simpsons, filmed a few of his "brainstorm" marketing sessions with some freelance "publicists" he hired. Take a look at this YouTube reel to see how it went. John Ortved, Jan 4, 2010 Read more >> |
 Jane Christmas - Speakeasy || Incontinent on the ContinentWho could resist picking up a book with a title like that? Jane Christmas's witticisms don't stop at the front cover, though. In her latest bitingly hilarious travelogue, Jane takes her ailing mother on what is supposed to be a bonding trip to Italy, and recounts the many misadventures they have along ... D&M Speakeasy (004), Dec 3, 2009 Read more >> |
 The Arctic Sovereignty Debate - What's At Stake For CanadaGlobal warming and the spectre of an ice-free shipping season in the Northwest Passage have given new urgency to issues of Arctic sovereignty. Michael Byers talks to TVO's Allan Gregg about what's at stake for Canada Allan Gregg, TVO, Nov 26, 2009 Read more >> |
 Ehor Boyanowsky - SPEAKEASY || Savage Gods, Silver Ghosts: In the Wild with Ted HughesIn nature, in the wild, is the place Ehor Boyanowsky feels most at home. Fly fishing is one way Ehor satisfies this need for being outdoors, and for years one of his closest fishing buddies was none other than UK's Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Ehor preserves his memories of these shared trips in his latest ... D&M Speakeasy (003), Nov 5, 2009 Read more >> |