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Kurt Cobain with Nirvana in Vancouver, BC. Charles Peterson photo.

Everybody Loves Our Town – Mark Yarm

The author of a new oral history of grunge on Courtney Love, the sad end of Layne Staley and how Candlebox never got a fair shake. read more

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Kate Beaton at the Vancouver International Writers Festival

The Hark! A Vagrant cartoonist in conversation with Bill Richardson at the 2011 Vancouver International Writers Festival. read more

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The Magician King – Lev Grossman interview

Author Lev Grossman on the return of plot, Alan Moore’s groundbreaking Miracle Man and why we need Stephanie Meyer. read more

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’s Christie Laing

The Vancouver actress on her role in the new movie Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. read more

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Ian Boothby – Vancouver’s Simpsons connection

Comic book writer Ian Boothby talks Ryan Ingram about Comic-Con, writing the Simpsons/Futurama crossover and his upcoming project involving a drunken vampire. read more

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Justin Cronin on ‘The Passage’

On vampires, and growing up with Logan’s Run. read more

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Comic-Con preview – Camilla D’errico

The Vancouver artist/illustrator talks about her adventures with comics greats Bryan Talbot and Grant Morrison, Avril’s new look and how to survive this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. read more

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Emily Carroll’s stylish illustrations

An interview with Emily Carroll, a Vancouver-based artist who recently won an award for Outstanding Web Comics Creator. read more

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Interview – The Wave author Susan Casey

Susan Casey talks about her book The Wave. read more

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Interview – Jason Starr

Crime novelist Jason Starr on his latest, The Pack, as well as his comics work and movie projects like the David Fincher adaptation of his novel Panic Attack. read more

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Interview – Douglas Coupland

Cassie Ramone of the indie-rock band Vivian Girls interviews Douglas Coupland about his work, the “internet” and his upcoming presentation at the Waldorf in Vancouver. read more

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Interview – Fishing with Gubby’s Gary Kent

Gary Kent talks about writing his first graphic novel/kids book at 70, the golden age of fishing in B.C. and what’s next for his character Gubby. read more

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Interview – Grant Lawrence

‘So screw them all,’ says the author of Adventures in Solitude. Interview by Erin Hanson. read more

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Interview – Jennifer Egan

We talk to the author of A Visit From the Goon Squad. read more

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Neil Strauss – Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead

Neil Strauss on Lady Gaga’s fear of babies, Orlando Bloom’s immortal dialogue, and famous last words. read more

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Interview – Jake Olafsen

Canadian soldier Jake Olafsen talks about his time in Afghanistan, and writing about his experiences becoming a Green Beret. read more

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Interview – Russell Smith on his new novel Girl Crazy

The Toronto author talks about his sexy new novel. read more

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Interview – Dame Darcy

The cartoonist talks about her latest project and working for Marvel. read more

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Interview – Gary Shteyngart

Interview with the author of Super Sad True Love Story. read more

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Interview – Linda McQuaig

The muckraking Toronto columnist talks about her new book, The Trouble with Billionaires, a curative for anyone awed by substantial wealth. read more

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Interview – Yann Martel

Life of Pi author on Stephen Harper, literacy, animals and the holocaust. read more

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Interview – Lynda Barry

We chat with the cartoonist about creativity, her new book Picture This and Old Skull-Popper. read more

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Interview – Patrick Rosenkranz

On Vancouver underground comix artist Rand Holmes. read more

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Last Living Slut author Roxana Shirazi

Interview with the author of The Last Living Slut. read more

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Interview – Roddy Doyle

‘… the British Embassy in Dublin was burnt down… and I never met anyone who thought this was a bad thing. And these were law-abiding people. It seemed like a reasonable response to what had happened [in Derry]…’ read more

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Interview – Castle Freeman Jr.

‘Part of the purpose of the book is to give the reader a feeling for a tight-knit and fairly isolated community where everybody knows everything about everybody, but the outsiders don’t. They have to infer all this stuff. That goes for the reader as well… read more

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Paul Hornschemeier – interview part 2

Mother, Come Home cartoonist on his story for Marvel, coloring Omega the Unknown and exposing his girlfriend to the San Diego Comic-Con. read more

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Paul Hornschemeier interview – part 1

An interview with cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier, artist/writer of Mother Come Home. read more

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