Mike McCardell 
None of This Was Planned 
The Stories Behind the Stories

Vancouver news icon and co-host of CTV’s “The Last Word, ” Mike Mc Cardell is the crafter of human-interest stories that counteract the doom and gloom of conventional news programming. With his unerring instinct for teasing out the powerful “hook” of human connection from the most innocuous (or bizarre) events, Mc Cardell’s unique perspective has endeared him to hundreds of thousands of fans.



He has also collected many of his favourite stories within several essay collections that have sold a combined total of seventy-five thousand copies, making him as well known for his written tales as for his TV appearances. Recently, Mc Cardell also explored new genres with such titles as
Haunting Vancouver and
Cardboard Ocean, delving into both the history of Vancouver and his personal history. With
None of This Was Planned, Mc Cardell returns to his classic format of the quirky and uplifting short essays that established him as a local legend. Fans of his previous works will delight in a new selection of stories featuring Mc Cardell’s familiar voice and offering both moments of surprise and the reassurance that joy and humour can be sparked from the simplest acts.

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Mike Mc Cardell has earned the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of fans for his investigative reporting and human-interest stories. He is the author of the bestselling essay collections
Unlikely Love Stories,
Here’s Mike,
Chasing the Story God,
Back Alley Reporter,
Getting to the Bubble,
The Expanded Reilly Method,
The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm and
Everything Works, the local history book
Haunting Vancouver and the memoir
Cardboard Ocean.