Lorna Poplak, nominated for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime
About this episode
Erik D’Souza interviews Lorna Poplak about her book on prison escapes and the motivations behind them.
Erik D’Souza interviews Lorna Poplak about her book, On the Lamb, Great and Not-So-Great Escapes from Prison" (published by Dundurn Press), which is nominated for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book, sponsored by David Reid Simpson Law Firm (Hamilton). Lorna discusses fascinating prison escape stories and her research methods. Lorna describes her book's focus on both the prison systems and the human motivations behind escapes, leaving readers to consider what consti...
People in this episode
Host: Erik D’Souza
Guest: Lorna Poplak
Topics covered
- prison escapes
- nonfiction crime
- research methods
- human motivations
- prison systems
Keywords
- prison escapes
- nonfiction
- crime
- Lorna Poplak
- On the Lamb
- Dundurn Press
- Brass Knuckles Award
Sponsors
David Reid Simpson Law Firm
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Dundurn Press
Books & works: On the Lamb, Great and Not-So-Great Escapes from Prison
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