John Ackermann
@jackermann.bsky.social
Afternoons on 1130 NewsRadio, Host/Producer #NewsRadioBookshelf
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“NewsRadio Bookshelf” provides reviews, interviews, and discussions on the latest literary releases across genres.
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On this day in 1975, one of the most shocking events in Australian political history took place - Governor-General Sir John Kerr's dismissal of Gough Whitlam, our 21st prime minister.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thinking of you and your dog today, @laureningram.bsky.social.
“It’s a Fast Driving Friday with the Dandy Warhols 30 Seconds” by The Dandy Warhols. 57 tracks spread out over 41 minutes. You wish some of these were fully formed songs. But that’s its charm: each track leaves you wanting more. #vinyl
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“It’s a Fast Driving Friday with the Dandy Warhols 30 Seconds” by The Dandy Warhols. 57 tracks spread out over 41 minutes. You wish some of these were fully formed songs. But that’s its charm: each track leaves you wanting more. #vinyl
#OTD in 2024, I spoke with Noëlle Phillips, author of Brewmasters & Brewery Creek: A History of Craft Beer in Vancouver, Then and Now. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/10/b...
Bookshelf: New book charts history of Vancouver independent beer scene
John Ackermann speaks to Noëlle Phillips, author of Brewmasters & Brewery Creek: A History of Craft Beer in Vancouver, Then and Now
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#OTD in 2024, I spoke with Noëlle Phillips, author of Brewmasters & Brewery Creek: A History of Craft Beer in Vancouver, Then and Now. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/10/b...
Journey announces plan to finally go their “Separate Ways” — farewell tour set to begin in 2026. Includes a Vancouver date, April 17th at the Pacific Coliseum. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Journey Announces Plan to Finally Go Separate Ways, With Farewell Tour Set to Begin in 2026
The band Journey announced it will call it quits, but not before a farewell tour set to begin with a first leg of 60 shows in the first half of 2026.
variety.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Journey announces plan to finally go their “Separate Ways” — farewell tour set to begin in 2026. Includes a Vancouver date, April 17th at the Pacific Coliseum. variety.com/2025/music/n...
#OTD in 2022, I spoke with NHL legend Bryan Trottier about his memoir, All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice. #NewsRadioBookshelf vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/11/06/b...
Bryan Trottier discusses new memoir - CityNews Vancouver
Former NHL star Bryan Trottier discusses his upbringing and career in a new memoir, All Roads Home: A Life on and off the Ice.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#OTD in 2022, I spoke with NHL legend Bryan Trottier about his memoir, All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice. #NewsRadioBookshelf vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/11/06/b...
New: The Supreme Court of Canada dismisses a stay of execution at Universal Ostrich Farms.
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New: The Supreme Court of Canada dismisses a stay of execution at Universal Ostrich Farms.
Music, theatre, dance, and drag will collide in an explosive cabaret-style festival returning to Vancouver this week. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/v...
Vancouver's Transform Festival returns Thursday
Music, theatre, dance, and drag will collide in an explosive cabaret-style festival returning to Vancouver this week.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Music, theatre, dance, and drag will collide in an explosive cabaret-style festival returning to Vancouver this week. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/v...
Today is publication day for Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin -- a powerful and important read about race, family, and the dangers of fitting in at the cost of your own identity and beliefs. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/02/b...
He's not hiding anymore: former Vancouver journalist reflects on a lifetime of systemic racism in a new memoir
John Ackermann speaks to Sunny Dhillon, author of Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today is publication day for Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin -- a powerful and important read about race, family, and the dangers of fitting in at the cost of your own identity and beliefs. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/02/b...
#OTD in 2024, I spoke with the late Marc Garneau about his memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/b...
Not just another political memoir: Marc Garneau looks back at a most extraordinary life Bookshelf: Marc Garneau looks back at a most extraordinary life
John Ackermann sits down with Marc Garneau, author of A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#OTD in 2024, I spoke with the late Marc Garneau about his memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/b...
Here we mo’ — it’s Day Three of #Movember. Funds raised this year: $100. Donate here: ca.movember.com/mospace/4109...
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here we mo’ — it’s Day Three of #Movember. Funds raised this year: $100. Donate here: ca.movember.com/mospace/4109...
Hide and Sikh is a powerful and important read about race, family, and the dangers of fitting in at the cost of your own identity and beliefs. #NewsRadioBookshelf vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/02/b...
He's not hiding anymore: former Vancouver journalist reflects on a lifetime of systemic racism in a new memoir
John Ackermann speaks to Sunny Dhillon, author of Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Hide and Sikh is a powerful and important read about race, family, and the dangers of fitting in at the cost of your own identity and beliefs. #NewsRadioBookshelf vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/02/b...
Movember, the annual moustache-growing fundraiser for prostate cancer and men’s health initiatives, kicks off on Saturday. The money supports many worthy causes, including, for the first time in Movember history, advocacy. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/31/c...
Annual moustache-growing fundraiser Movember returns with a new push towards advocacy
Movember, the annual moustache-growing fundraiser for prostate cancer and men's health initiatives, kicks off on Saturday.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Movember, the annual moustache-growing fundraiser for prostate cancer and men’s health initiatives, kicks off on Saturday. The money supports many worthy causes, including, for the first time in Movember history, advocacy. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/31/c...
#OTD in 2021, I spoke with film critic Leonard Maltin about his memoir, Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/10/31/s...
Starstruck after all these years: Leonard Maltin charts his path to fame and fortune
If one had to explain Leonard Maltin’s undying enthusiasm for movies over his 50-plus year career of talking about them for a living, it would be the fact that he’s always considered himself a fan fi...
vancouver.citynews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#OTD in 2021, I spoke with film critic Leonard Maltin about his memoir, Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/10/31/s...
#OTD in 2023, I spoke with author and musician Dave Hill about his memoir, The Awesome Game: One Man’s Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/10/28/b...
CityNews Bookshelf: The Awesome Game - CityNews Vancouver
John Ackermann sits down with Dave Hill, author of The Awesome Game: One Man's Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey.
vancouver.citynews.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#OTD in 2023, I spoke with author and musician Dave Hill about his memoir, The Awesome Game: One Man’s Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/10/28/b...
Sparky punches in for the afternoon shift. #SparkyCam
October 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sparky punches in for the afternoon shift. #SparkyCam
Happy belated 60th birthday, @caranddriver.bsky.social. I’m old enough to remember your 35th! I still remember my first issue — August 1990. A red BMW 850i was on the cover. Thank you for all the great writing over the years too. And #RIP David E. Davis Jr. and Brock Yates.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Happy belated 60th birthday, @caranddriver.bsky.social. I’m old enough to remember your 35th! I still remember my first issue — August 1990. A red BMW 850i was on the cover. Thank you for all the great writing over the years too. And #RIP David E. Davis Jr. and Brock Yates.
New: tentative agreement reached in BCGEU job action. #bcpoli www.bcgeu.ca/tentative_ag...
Tentative agreement reached thanks to your solidarity
Tentative agreement reached thanks to your solidarity Dear Communications, After nine months of negotiations and eight weeks on strike, your bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement wi...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New: tentative agreement reached in BCGEU job action. #bcpoli www.bcgeu.ca/tentative_ag...
#OTD in 2021, I spoke with Ethan Lou, author of Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/10/24/bitcoin-miner-memoir-bookshelf/
Bitcoin miner navigates the Wild West world of cryptocurrency in new memoir
Ethan Lou is something of an early adopter. In Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West, he lays out his adventures.
vancouver.citynews.ca
October 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#OTD in 2021, I spoke with Ethan Lou, author of Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/10/24/bitcoin-miner-memoir-bookshelf/
New: Donald Trump breaks off US/Canada trade talks over a TV commercial. From NYT:
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New: Donald Trump breaks off US/Canada trade talks over a TV commercial. From NYT:
#OTD in 2022, I spoke with Eve Lazarus, author of Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province's Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/23/c...
CityNews Bookshelf: Cold Case BC - CityNews Vancouver
Eve Lazarus returns to the CityNews Bookshelf with Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province's Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases.
vancouver.citynews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#OTD in 2022, I spoke with Eve Lazarus, author of Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province's Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases. #NewsRadioBookshelf @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/10/23/c...
#OTD in 2023, I spoke with @johnibbitson.bsky.social, author of The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and The Making of Modern Canada. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/10/21/b...
Book recasts Diefenbaker-Pearson rivalry CityNews Vancouver
John Ackermann sits down with John Ibbitson, author of the new book The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada.
vancouver.citynews.ca
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#OTD in 2023, I spoke with @johnibbitson.bsky.social, author of The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and The Making of Modern Canada. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/10/21/b...
"A scintillating line-up of exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue" is how organizers describe the 38th annual Vancouver Writers Fest, which begins on Monday. They also admit there will be a bit of an "elbows up" theme this time around. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/20/v...
Vancouver's Writers Fest returns Monday with a renewed focus on Canadian authors
"A scintillating line-up of exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue" is how organizers describe the Vancouver Writers Fest, which starts Monday.
vancouver.citynews.ca
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"A scintillating line-up of exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue" is how organizers describe the 38th annual Vancouver Writers Fest, which begins on Monday. They also admit there will be a bit of an "elbows up" theme this time around. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/20/v...