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September 2026 interview
Bob Harris is a Vancouver-based writer, book promoter, publicist, event producer, and Associate member of CWC. His background is in the music industry, professional sports entertainment technology, and corporate governance of private and...
October 7, 2026
Malcolm Kempt sits down with Erik D’Souza to discuss Malcolm's debut crime novel, A Gift Before Dying. Malcolm shares that he left a 17-year career as a criminal lawyer in the Arctic to write full-time during the pandemic. He describes...
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