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Writers and Company

CBC Radio's Writers and Company offers an opportunity to explore in depth the lives, thoughts and works of remarkable writers from around the world. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

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Toni Morrison on family bonds, race and coping with personal tragedy

Toni Morrison on family bonds, race and coping with personal tragedy

When Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, the Swedish Academy praised her for giving "life ... Read more

13 Aug 2023

52mins

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Acclaimed poet Mark Strand was known for meditative, spare verse that was anything but simple

Acclaimed poet Mark Strand was known for meditative, spare verse that was anything but simple

One of the premier American poets of his generation, Mark Strand used precise, everyday language, humour and surreal ima... Read more

6 Aug 2023

50mins

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Julian Barnes on love, loss and Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich

Julian Barnes on love, loss and Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich

Eleanor Wachtel has spoken to the award-winning English writer Julian Barnes many times over the course of his lengthy c... Read more

30 Jul 2023

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How two young women captured the voices of literary greats and became audiobook pioneers

How two young women captured the voices of literary greats and became audiobook pioneers

In a special conversation recorded in Toronto in 2002, Eleanor Wachtel spoke with Barbara Holdridge and Marianne Mantell... Read more

23 Jul 2023

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Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat on family, migration and the beauty of her home country, Haiti

Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat on family, migration and the beauty of her home country, Haiti

Celebrated Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat speaks to Eleanor Wachtel about her moving memoir, Brother, I’m Dyin... Read more

16 Jul 2023

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Britain’s literary power couple Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd turn the lens on their own lives

Britain’s literary power couple Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd turn the lens on their own lives

In a rare joint conversation recorded onstage in Montreal in 2001, popular novelist Margaret Drabble and her husband, th... Read more

9 Jul 2023

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A family affair: remembering the personal side of Martin Amis and his father, Kingsley

A family affair: remembering the personal side of Martin Amis and his father, Kingsley

Remembering the popular and provocative English writer, Martin Amis, who died in May 2023 at the age of 73. Son of accla... Read more

2 Jul 2023

54mins

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Celebrating Writers & Company: 33 years of exceptional interviews with the incomparable Eleanor Wachtel

Celebrating Writers & Company: 33 years of exceptional interviews with the incomparable Eleanor Wachtel

For Writers & Company's final original episode, Eleanor Wachtel is interviewed on-stage by Matt Galloway, host of CB... Read more

25 Jun 2023

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Leila Slimani fuses imagination and memory in novels inspired by her French Moroccan family

Leila Slimani fuses imagination and memory in novels inspired by her French Moroccan family

In 2016, French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani won the Prix Goncourt for her provocative thriller, The Perfect Nanny, w... Read more

18 Jun 2023

58mins

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For prize-winning poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje, every book is an act of discovery

For prize-winning poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje, every book is an act of discovery

One of the world's most celebrated writers, Michael Ondaatje is the author of such acclaimed works as Running in the Fam... Read more

11 Jun 2023

57mins

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