Writers and Company
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Colm Toibin Podcast
Irish writer Colm Toibin was this year's grand prize winner at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. His latest, “The Testament of Mary” takes place twenty years after Jesus’s death.
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Kate Atkinson Podcast
Kate Atkinson spoke with Eleanor onstage at Harbourfront in Toronto. Atkinson’s first Jackson Brodie novel was described by Stephen King as the best mystery of the decade. Her latest wonderful novel (not a Brodie mystery) is called “Life after Life”.
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Gazmend Kapllani Podcast
We wrap up our series “Greece: The Unfolding Drama”, with the Albanian-Greek writer, Gazmend Kapllani. Before the economic crisis (and possibly racism) cost him his job, he was the only immigrant journalist writing columns in the big Greek dailies.
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Jenny Mastoraki, Costa Gavras Podcast
Our Greek series continues with poet Jenny Mastoraki. She came of age during the military dictatorship, and found her voice at a time when words were considered dangerous. Also, Greek born filmmaker Costa Gavras.
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Nick Papandreou Podcast
Our series ‘Greece: ‘The Unfolding Drama’ continues with Nick Papandreou, son of the late Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou - and grandson and brother to two other Greek Prime Ministers.
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Petros Markaris Podcast
Petros Markaris is a popular crime writer, but he's also a respected playwright, translator and screenwriter. Our conversation with him is the second in our 5-part series, “Greece: The Unfolding Drama”.
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Yanis Varoufakis Podcast
This week, the launch of a new series, 'Greece: The Unfolding Drama'; from classical mythology to the weakest link in the European Union. To start, Yanis Varoufakis, respected political economist, and author of "The Global Minotaur".
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Marisa Silver Podcast
American novelist and short story writer Marisa Silver was inspired by an iconic 1936 image of a migrant mother. She re-imagines the lives of the photographer and her subject in her new novel, "Mary Coin".
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Michel Tremblay Encore Podcast
Our 2003 conversation with one of Quebec's most influential writers, Michel Tremblay. In a career spanning over 40 years, he's written a cycle of plays, a sextet of novels, a trilogy of memoirs, translations, song lyrics, and much more..
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Paula Fox Encore Podcast
American novelist and children's book author, Paula Fox, talks about her own extraordinary childhood in her 2001 memoir, "Borrowed Finery".
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Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd Encore Podcast
This week, families and memoir - or is it fiction? An encore presentation of Eleanor Wachtel's 2001 conversation with the popular English novelist, Margaret Drabble, and her husband, the biographer, Michael Holroyd, about memoir, biography and putting their lives on the page.
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George Saunders Podcast
A conversation with the American writer George Saunders. When Saunders won a MacArthur "genius grant" - half a million dollars, no strings - they talked about how he brings "a sense of humour, pathos and literary style all his own" to contemporary American fiction. He's an original.
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Tarun Tejpal Podcast
The conclusion of our series "Making Waves: Voices from the Jaipur Festival" with Tarun Tejpal, one of India's most respected journalists and novelists.
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Fahmida Riaz Podcast
A conversation with one of Pakistan's leading Urdu poets, Fahmida Riaz. From early in her career, her bold poetic expression has captured attention for its feminist voice and powerful use of language.
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Jeet Thayil Podcast
Performance poet, journalist, and former drug addict, Jeet Thayil. His debut novel, "Narcopolis", has won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013. Set in the opium dens of Bombay, the novel was also shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard Podcast
Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard's six-volume, 3600-page memoir, "My Struggle", is a literary sensation at home, and now, around the world.
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Claude Lanzmann Podcast
An interview with the French writer and filmmaker, Claude Lanzmann. The creator of the 9 1/2 hour masterpiece, "Shoah" has written an award-winning memoir called "The Patagonian Hare".
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Peter Stamm Podcast
From Switzerland, the highly-acclaimed novelist, playwright and journalist, Peter Stamm. His latest book to be translated into English is called "We're Flying".
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Marina Warner NEW Podcast
On December 16th we aired (on the podcast and streaming audio versions only) our 1995 interview with Marina Warner about Fairy Tales. Now, in this brand new interview, Marina Warner talks about Scheherazade and her book "Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights."
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Robert Hughes Podcast
Our 2006 conversation with Robert Hughes, the Australian art critic and social historian. He spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about his memoir, "Things I Didn't Know". Sadly, Robert Hughes died last August at age 74.
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Francine du Plessix Gray Podcast
"Them: A Memoir of Parents" by novelist and biographer, Francine du Plessix Gray. We go back to our 2006 interview when Eleanor Wachtel spoke with her about her portrait of her mother and step-father - a "power couple" whose lives reflect the upheaval and displacement of the 20th century.
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David Mitchell Podcast Encore
Eleanor Wachtel goes back to her 2004 conversation about "Cloud Atlas" - the book. Six novels in one from England's David Mitchell. Exhilarating, entertaining, and elegant, it's now been made into a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.
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Fairy Tale Podcast
Fairy Tale special: Due to copyright reasons, the Rohinton Mistry interview is not available as a podcast or as streaming audio. Instead - because all things fairy tale are huge at the moment - our 1995 conversation with Marina Warner about her book "From the Beast to the Blonde". Also, the late, great Angela Carter reads a couple of classics.
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Gail Jones Podcast
From Australia, novelist Gail Jones. Her quietly lyrical, powerful novels look at time, memory, and Australia's colonial past.
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Dark Humour Panel Podcast
Eleanor Wachtel brings together an international panel of writers to discuss the lighter side of dark humour in their work. With Howard Jacobson from England, A.L. Kennedy from Scotland, and from Norway, Erlend Loe.
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Fran Lebowitz Podcast
In a candid and personal conversation, Fran Lebowitz talks about her upbringing in New Jersey, about her early success, and about her writer's block--or, as she calls it, a writer's "blockade"--an ongoing problem that she explores with Eleanor. But she remains a sharp observer of modern American culture. This file contains bonus audio, not heard on the broadcast version of the show.
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Teju Cole Podcast
Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with the Nigerian-American novelist, Teju Cole. His latest book, "Open City", is a subtle meditation on history and identity.
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Paul Fussell Encore Interview
In observance of Remembrance Day, we're rebroadcasting our 1997 interview the late Paul Fussell. His award-winning book, "The Great War and Modern Memory" was a ground-breaking work that explored how war is remembered and mythologised in literature and in life. An American war veteran and renowned academic, Paul Fussell died in May at the age of 88.
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Louise Erdrich Podcast
Native American writer, Louise Erdrich, is the author of fourteen novels, short stories, poetry and children's books. She made a rare public appearance in Toronto, and Eleanor Wachtel spoke with her, onstage, in front of a packed house at the International Festival of Authors.
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Mohammed Hanif Podcast
Pakistani writer, Mohammed Hanif, is the author of a dark, subversive, funny - as he says - "alleged novel", "A Case of Exploding Mangoes", about the death of General Zia. His latest book, set in today's Karachi, is called "Our Lady of Alice Bhatti".
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John Lanchester Podcast
English writer, John Lanchester's novel, "Capital" is a big Dickensian take on modern London on the brink of the 2008 financial meltdown.
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Ben Lerner Podcast
American Ben Lerner's recent book, "Leaving the Atocha Station" is the 33 year old poet's first novel, and was named one of the best books of 2011 by many publications, including The New Yorker, The Guardian, and The New Statesman.
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Zadie Smith Podcast
Zadie Smith is the author of "White Teeth" and "On Beauty". Now she has a new novel, "NW", set in her home turf in London. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with her onstage, in front of a sold-out audience, at Harbourfront in Toronto. Our streaming version contains bonus audio, not heard in the broadcast version.
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Ian McEwan Podcast
Eleanor Wachtel speaks with one of England's leading novelists, Ian McEwan. His new novel, "Sweet Tooth", is about the private side of Cold War espionage.
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Julie Otsuka Podcast
Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the award-winning Japanese-American novelist, Julie Otsuka. Her latest book, "The Buddha in the Attic", is a poetic evocation of the life of the Japanese 'picture brides' who came to America a century ago.
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Michael Chabon Podcast
Eleanor Wachtel speaks with a great American storyteller, Michael Chabon, about his new novel, "Telegraph Avenue".
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Michael Frayn Podcast
Michael Frayn is a master of farce and morality, politics and science. He talks with Eleanor about his new farce, a novel, "Skios" and he offers heartfelt insight into the life of his father.
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Roddy Doyle Podcast (Encore from 1996)
Roddy Doyle from 1996 talking with Eleanor Wachtel about his - then - new novel "The Woman Who Walked Into Doors".
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Alan Bennett Podcast (Encore from 1995)
Our 1995 conversation with England's "National Teddy Bear" - writer and wit, Alan Bennett.
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Susan Sontag Podcast (Encore from 2000)
Eleanor Wachtel's 2000 conversation with the late American writer and critic Susan Sontag - about fiction, ethics, and illness.
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Jane Jacobs Podcast (Encore from 2002)
Our 2002 interview with the inspiring Canadian, "the guru of cities", the late Jane Jacobs. One of the more fascinating tidbits you'll glean from this interview is why you might not want to drink pink lemonade...
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Jonathan Miller Podcast (Encore from 2000)
Our 2000 conversation with the multi-talented Jonathan Miller. Where else can you hear a highly intelligent, thoughtful man imitate trains and chickens. Only on Writers & Company!
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Peter Carey Podcast (Encore from 2001)
Our 2001 interview with Peter Carey, who had - at that time - just published his book about the 19th century outlaw, Neddy Kelly - a kind of Australian Billy the Kid.
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Joan Didion Podcast (Encore from 2005)
Joan Didion in 2005, talking about her heart-breaking memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking".
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Michel Tremblay Podcast (Encore from 2003)
Eleanor Wachtel's 2003 conversation with one of Quebec's most influential writers, Michel Tremblay.
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Carol Shields Podcast (Encore from 1997)
Eleanor Wachtel's 1997 conversation with the late Carol Shields about her novel, "Larry's Party".
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Harold Bloom Podcast (Encore from 1995)
Our podcast this week: Eleanor Wachtel's 1995 conversation with Harold Bloom about "The Western Canon."
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Oliver Sacks Podcast (Encore from 2001)
Oliver Sacks interview from 2001. During the summer, our weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the archives - which haven't been available as a podcast before. This week, Oliver Sacks talks about his memoir, "Uncle Tungsten."
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Irvine Welsh Podcast
Scotland's Irvine Welsh - "the poet laureate of the chemical generation", as he's sometimes called. His first novel, "Trainspotting", changed the world's view of Edinburgh. Now, he's written a prequel, called "Skagboys".
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Malcolm Gladwell Podcast
Malcolm Gladwell, "Geek pop star"? In a delightfully wide-ranging conversation, Eleanor Wachtel and Malcolm Gladwell speak about Gladwell's Jamaican heritage, about his work, and about why you never want to be first in anything.
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Writers and Co. - 03/06/2012 - Hilary Mantel Podcast
"Bring Up the Bodies"! with Man Booker Prize-winner Hilary Mantel. She has followed her blockbuster hit, "Wolf Hall" with more on Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The new book is called "Bring Up the Bodies".
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Writers and Co. - 27/05/2012 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the Booker Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and Oscar-winning screenwriter, is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory productions (with director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant). Together they created movies such as "Howards End", "Room with a View", and "The Remains of the Day".
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Writers and Co. - 20/05/2012 - Carlos Fuentes (Encore)...
Our 2005 conversation with the great Mexican writer, Carlos Fuentes - a diplomat, professor and activist, his themes are time, memory and Mexico. Carlos Fuentes has just died at the age of 83.
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Writers and Co. - 13/05/2012 - Toni Morrison Interview
Toni Morrison Interview: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Nobel Prize winning novelist. The New York Times described Morrison as "the nearest thing America has to a national novelist."
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Writers and Co. - 06/05/2012 - Juan Gabriel Vasquez...
A conversation with critically acclaimed Columbian writer, Juan Gabriel Vasquez. Maria Vargas Llosa describes him as "one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature."
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Writers and Co. - 29/04/2012 - Joyce Carol Oates Podcast
Joyce Carol Oates - the prolific American writer, and the winner of this year's Blue Metropolis Grand Prix in an onstage conversation with Eleanor Wachtel. Joyce Carol Oates's latest novel is called "Mudwoman".
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Writers and Co. - 22/04/2012 - Hermione Lee on Edith...
Eleanor Wachtel speaks with biographer Hermione Lee about the life and work of Edith Wharton. Born 150 years ago, Wharton is the exemplar of New York's "Gilded Age."
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Writers and Co. - 15/04/2012 - Tessa Hadley Podcast
English writer Tessa Hadley talks with Eleanor Wachtel this week. She's had almost as many short stories published in the New Yorker in the last ten years as her hero, Alice Munro
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Writers and Co. - 08/04/2012 - Beijing Panel/Xi Chuan...
From the International Literary Festival in Beijing- Eleanor Wachtel leads a discussion with Lijia Zhang from China, and Luka Lesson from Australia. Also on the show, an encore presentation of Eleanor Wachtel's 2008 conversation with poet, Xi Chuan
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Writers and Co. - 01/04/2012 - Chan Koonchung Podcast
From Beijing, Chan Koonchung. His novel, "The Fat Years" is an astute take on the effects of Chinese politics in everyday life... what one critic describes as "the struggle over the soul of a nation."
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Writers and Co. - 25/03/2012 - Edward St. Aubyn Podcast
Edward St. Aubyn interview: From England, a surprising and quite brilliant novelist, Edward St Aubyn. He's transformed his own painful upbringing into remarkably entertaining fiction.
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Writers and Co. - 18/12/2012 - Shashi Tharoor podcast
Shashi Tharoor, the Indian writer and politician, in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, for the conclusion of our series South Asian Conversations.
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Writers and Co. - 11/03/2012 - South Asian Conversations...
Eleanor speaks with S. Pathmanathan, Sunethra Rajakarunanayake and Ayathurai Santhan - three writers whose work engages, in very different ways, with the complex ethnic, linguistic, and religious realities of Sri Lanka
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Writers and Co. - 04/03/12 - Nayanthara Sahgal PODCAST
This week, our special 5-part series South Asian Conversations continues with writer Nayanthara Sahgal. Born in May 1927, she comes from a political family: her uncle, Jawaharlal Nehru, was India's first prime minister; her mother was the country's first ambassador to the U.N.; Indira Gandhi was her first cousin. Sahgal's whole family was involved in the struggle for Indian Independence; both her parents and her uncle were often in jail during her childhood, a period she recalled in her...
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Writers and Co - 26/02/12 - Meira Chand PODCAST
This week, our special 5-part series South Asian Conversations continues with novelist Meira Chand. Born of Swiss-Indian parentage in London, she mines her own confused identity in fiction that explores the "cracks between cultures." After thirty years living in Japan, she is now based in Singapore, the inspiration for her latest novel, "A Different Sky," a dramatic story set during colonial times in the multicultural city-state.
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Writers and Co. - 19/02/12 - Sri Lanka Panel PODCAST
South Asian Conversations, part 1
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Writers and Co. - 12/02/2012 - John Freccero on Dante...
Dante's "Inferno." You'll hear poet Robert Pinsky reading from his award-winning verse translation. And Eleanor Wachtel talks to John Freccero about why "The Divine Comedy" is up there with Shakespare and the Bible.
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Writers and Co. - 05/02/2012 - Jeanette Winterson...
Jeanette Winterson extended podcast: "Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal?" From England, Jeanette Winterson reveals the true story behind her hit first novel, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit".
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Writers and Co. - 29/01/2012 - Steve Sem-Sandberg Podcast
Steve Sem-Sandberg, the Swedish writer, journalist and translator in conversation with Eleanor Wachtel. His novel, "The Emperor of Lies", about a Jewish ghetto in Poland during the Second World War, is an international sensation.
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Writers and Co. - 22/01/2012 - Michael Holroyd Interview
Michael Holroyd interview: From England, biographer Michael Holroyd on "a treasure trove of hidden lives, uncelebrated achievements, and family mysteries" - his own and others - in "A Book of Secrets".
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Writers and Co. - 15/01/2012 - Dermot Healy Podcast
Dermot Healy interview: Unconventional and original, Healy puts us right inside the world of his authentic characters. His new book is called "Long Time, No See."
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Writers and Co. - 08/01/2012 - Rana Dasgupta Podcast
Rana Dasgupta's latest novel, "Solo", spans a century of Bulgarian history. Salman Rushdie describes Rana Dasgupta as "the most unexpected and original Indian writer of his generation". And his novel "Solo" as "a work of exceptional, astonishing strangeness".
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Writers and Co. - 01/01/2012 - Hanan al-Shaykh Podcast...
Hanan al-Shaykh podcast encore: This week, Eleanor Wachtel's conversation with Lebanese novelist and playwright Hanan al-Shaykh.
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Writers and Co. - 25/12/2011 - Hilary Mantel Podcast
Hilary Mantel 2005 Encore Podcast: You won't hear us on Radio One on Christmas Day, but you can listen to this program on streaming audio, or on our podcast. An encore presentation of Eleanor Wachtel's 2005 conversation with English novelist, Hilary Mantel. The surprising and extraordinarily candid writer travels to the dark side of the psyche in her witty novel, "Beyond Black".
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Writers and Co. - 18/12/2011 - 20th Anniversary Podcast...
A holiday encore treat, originally aired on the show's twentieth anniversary in October 2010. Eleanor Wachtel and special guests Dionne Brand, Margaret Drabble, Deborah Eisenberg, and Andrew O'Hagan discussed the dynamic world of books over the past 20 years, and talked about some of their favourite titles.
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Writers and Co. - 13/11/2011 - 'War and History in...
War and Remembrance: Writing History in Fiction Panel — This week, a panel discussion about "War and Remembrance: Writing History in Fiction" - from the early 20th century through the First and Second World Wars
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Writers and Co. - 06/11/2011 - Michael Ondaatje Podcast
Michael Ondaatje Podcast — Eleanor Wachtel talks to Michael Ondaatje about one of his most personal books yet - "The Cat's Table".
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Writers and Co. - 30/10/2011 - Jeffrey Eugenides Podcast
Jeffrey Eugenides Interview — American novelist Jeffrey Eugenides has a brand new book - his first in almost ten years - about contemporary romance. It's called The Marriage Plot.
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Writers and Co. - 23/10/2011 - Russell Banks Podcast
Russell Banks is described by the New York Times as "the most compassionate fiction writer working today." His new novel, "Lost Memory of Skin" explores the marginal and the outsider with grit and humour.
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Writers and Co. - 16/10/2011 - Sebastian Barry Podcast
Sebastian Barry, the Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He had great success with his last novel, "The Secret Scripture". His latest book, "On Canaan's Side" is an ode to 20th century America.
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Writers and Co. - 09/10/2011 - Leila Aboulela Podcast
Leila Aboulela Interview: A conversation with Sudanese novelist, Leila Aboulela. Her latest novel, "Lyrics Alley" is set against her country's struggle for independence from Britain and Egypt sixty years ago.
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Writers and Co. - 02/10/2011 - Tagore Panel
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore's birth, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with literary scholar Uma Dasgupta and American philosopher Martha Nussbaum.
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Writers and Co. - 25/09/2011 - Tony Kushner Podcast
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Kushner, onstage at the Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake
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Writers and Co. - 18/09/2011 - Anne Carson Podcast
Anne Carson interview. The author of "Autobiography of Red" and "The Beauty of the Husband" has produced yet another surprising and haunting book, called "Nox".
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Writers and Co. - 11/09/2011 - 9/11 Panel Podcast
A panel discussion to mark the tenth anniversary of September 11th. Host Eleanor Wachtel with guests Amy Waldman, Sinan Antoon and Jane Kramer talk about how the events of September 11th have influenced literature over the intervening years, both in the west and in the Arab and Muslim world.
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Writers and Co. - 04/09/2011 - Jamaica Kincaid Podcast
Jamaica Kincaid talks about her 2002 novel inspired by the life of her father Roderick Potter. Although, as she says, Mr. Potter is her father ...and he isn't.
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Writers and Co. - 28/08/2011 - Ursula Le Guin Podcast
Ursula K. LeGuin: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the "high priestess of fantasy and science fiction" - the American writer, Ursula LeGuin. This interview aired originally in 1993.
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Writers and Co. - 21/08/2011 - Richard Flanagan Podcast
Richard Flanagan Interview: From Tasmania, the winner of the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize with his novel "Gould's Book of Fish".
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Writers and Co. - 14/08/2011 - Jenny Diski Podcast
Jenny Diski Interview: This summer, as part of Writers & Company's 20th anniversary, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the archives. This week, from England, an unusually candid writer, Jenny Diski. She writes novels, memoirs, travel books, essays and criticism. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with her in 2005.
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Writers and Co. - 07/08/2011 - Jim Harrison Podcast
Jim Harrison interview. The American novelist, poet and screen writer has been put in the same league as not only Hemingway, but also Melville and Faulkner. This conversation with Jim Harrison aired originally in 1994.
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Writers and Co. - 31/07/2011 - Dame Muriel Spark Podcast
Dame Muriel Spark: The author of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Memento Mori" talks with Eleanor Wachtel in 1999 about her life and work, and her career as an expatriate in Italy. Muriel Spark died in 2006 at the age of 88.
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Writers and Co. - 24/07/2011 - Tayeb Salih (Podcast...
This week, on podcast, from Sudan, Tayeb Salih. A mix of east and west, European modernist and classical Arabic. Tayeb Salih died in 2009 at the age of 80. Eleanor Wachtel spoke to him in 2002.
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Writers and Co. - 17/07/2011 - Grace Paley (Podcast Only...
Grace Paley Podcast Encore: This summer, as part of our 20th anniversary celebration, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the archives that haven't been available as a podcast before. This week, you'll hear Eleanor Wachtel's 1993 conversation with Grace Paley, plus three stories. Grace Paley died in 2007. She was an American original.
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Writers and Co. - 10/07/2011 - David Lodge (Podcast only...
David Lodge encore. This summer, as part of our 20th anniversary celebration, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the archives. This week, Eleanor Wachtel's 2002 conversation with David Lodge - a thoughtful and funny man.
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Writers and Co. - 03/07/2011 - Paula Fox (Podcast only...
Paula Fox Interview (Repeat from 2002): This summer, as part of our 20th anniversary celebration, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from the archives. We hope you'll enjoy this opportunity to hear these programs that haven't been available as a podcast before. To start, the American novelist and children's book author, Paula Fox, talks about her own extraordinary childhood in her memoir,"Borrowed Finery".
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Writers and Co. - 26/06/2011 - Modern Day Shahrazads...
Modern Day Shahrazads: Eleanor Wachtel in an onstage discussion with Leila Aboulela, Elizabeth Hay, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Miriam Toews.
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Writers and Co. - 19/06/2011 - Hisham Matar (extended...
Hisham Matar Interview (extended version): Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Libyan novelist, Hisham Matar. His first book, "In the Country of Men" won six international literary awards and was translated into 28 languages. His new one is called "Anatomy of a Disappearance".
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Writers and Co. - 12/06/2011 - Jennifer Egan interview
Jennifer Egan Interview: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Pulitzer-prize winning American writer, Jennifer Egan. Her latest novel, "A Visit from the Goon Squad", is a surprising, polyphonic tour de force.
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Writers and Co. - -05/06/2011 - "Out of India" Panel
Three writers - Amitav Ghosh, Bharati Mukherjee and K. Satchidanandan - reflect on the country of their childhood and its dynamic changes today.
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Writers and Co. - 29/05/2011 - Seamus Heaney Interview...
Seamus Heaney has such a strong following that he's been nicknamed Famous Seamus. He's Ireland's first Nobel Prize winning poet since Yeats. Now he's up for Canada's $65,000 Griffin International Poetry Prize.
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Writers and Co. - 22/05/2011 - Alaa Al Aswany Interview
Alaa Al Aswany Interview — This week, from Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany. The most popular novelist in the Arab world talks about revolution and Egypt's pro-democracy movement.
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