Michael Kluckner is an artist and writer, best known for his book Vanishing Vancouver and his advocacy of historic preservation. His most recent book is Toshiko, a graphic novel set during the Second World War.

About the Philosophers' Café 

Philosophers’ Café is a series of informal public discussions in libraries, cafés and restaurants throughout Metro Vancouver. The cafés, which are open to everyone, have brought dialogue and discussion to thousands of people who are interested in exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime.