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 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 >> |
 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 >> |
 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 >> |
 Ian Weir - SPEAKEASY || Daniel O'Thunder: A NovelIn this knock-out episode of Speakeasy, John Burns meets Ian Weir at Vancouver's Granville Island Public Market to talk about his debut novel Daniel O'Thunder. Set in Dickensian London, the story is one of faith, fighting and fine madness. Weir's superbly developed characters and impeccable sense of ... D&M Speakeasy (002), Sep 24, 2009 Read more >> |
 Ray Wiss - SPEAKEASY || FOB Doc: A Doctor on the Front Lines in AfghanistanIn the first of the D&M podcast Speakeasy series, our host, John Burns talks honestly and straight-forwardly with Ray Wiss, a Canadian doctor serving on the frontlines in Afghanistan. Captain Wiss describes the camaraderie he's found with the troops, the horrors of treating roadside bomb injuries and ... D&M Speakeasy (001), Sep 3, 2009 Read more >> |
 Scott Taylor's Unembedded Dramatized for Television with National GeographicStay tuned in the coming weeks to National Geographic Channel to see a harrowing dramatization of the story found in Unembedded of Scott Taylor's capture by the Taliban - just one of many intense adventures experienced by the journalist while in the world's conflict zones. National Geographic, Aug 18, 2009 Read more >> |