John AckermannPierre Poilievre, if the public opinion polls are to be believed, is poised to become Canada's next prime minister. But who is he? Where did he come from? And what motivates him? The author of a new book aims to answer those questions -- and more. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/09/bookshelf-pierre-poilievre-political-life/
WATCH: Former CIBC World Markets chief economist turned bestselling author Jeff Rubin talks about his latest book — A Map of the New Normal: How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever. #CityNewsBookshelf https://youtu.be/P4de3GpOrZI?si=IiXVMkI_Pq_DJpkd
CityNews Bookshelf: Jeff Rubin (A Map of the New Normal)
“There is no turning back to the world we once knew. It no longer exists.” That ominous warning is contained in A Map of the New Normal: How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever, the fifth and latest book from former CIBC World Markets chief economist turned bestselling author Jeff Rubin. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/06/01/citynews-bookshelf-map-of-the-new-normal-jeff-rubin/
#OTD in 2022, I spoke with pop culture writer, podcaster, and radio host Elamin Abdelmahmoud about his book Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/05/29/identity-belonging-new-memoir/
Winning the Stanley Cup is only the beginning, according to broadcaster and author Jim Lang. In My Day with the Cup: NHL Players Tell Their Stories About Hometown Celebrations with Hockey’s Greatest Trophy, he argues it is the offseason that provides the most satisfying moment for each member of the winning team. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/25/citynews-bookshelf-my-day-with-the-cup-jim-lang/
#OTD in 2022, I spoke with the great Grant Lawrence about his book Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit, and Others. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/05/22/bc-author-returns-with-a-second-volume-of-desolation-sound-adventures/
#OTD in 2019, I spoke with former MP Libby Davies about her book, Outside In: A Political Memoir. #CityNewsBookshelf #vanpoli #bcpoli #canpoli https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2019/05/19/former-mp-libby-davies-looks-back-in-outside-in-a-political-memoir/
With a general election expected by October 2025, will the prime minister answer the bell? Or will he stay down for the count? Those are the questions journalist and political pundit Paul Wells raises in his latest book Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/05/11/bookshelf-justin-trudeau-on-the-ropes-paul-well/
#OTD in 2023, I spoke with Ricardo Tranjan, author of The Tenant Class. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/05/07/landlords-housing-crisis-tenant-class-book/
Ricardo Tranjan speaks on The Tenant Class | CityNews Vancouver
When is a crisis not a crisis at all but a permanent state of affairs? Ricardo Tranjan argues the housing crisis isn't really a crisis at all, but the system working exactly as intended. In The Tenant Class, the Ottawa-based author challenges the reader to pick a side.
In 2011, Rumana Monzur made headlines around the world when, on a return trip to Bangladesh, she was left blinded by a vicious attack by her then-husband. Today, she is the subject of a powerful new biography. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/04/27/from-darkness-to-light-a-vancouver-womans-harrowing-tale-of-abuse-and-survival-is-told-in-a-new-book/
