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This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with James Kugel. James Kugel has taught at Yale and Harvard, as well as his current post at Israel's Bar Ilan University. His specialty is the Bible - everything from the problems of translation to how to read the Bible today. They discuss his new book, How to Read the Bible : A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now.

This week on Writers & Company, Mordecai's Version: a look back at Canadian novelist and satirist, the late Mordecai Richler. When Mordecai Richler died in early July, there was a huge outpouring of tributes, affection, and admiration. The man who prided himself on being a tough satirist, who rather enjoyed skewering - well, virtually everyone, Jew, WASP, or Francophone - was finally, and wholeheartedly, well-loved. On this program you'll hear a conversation Mordecai Richler had with…

This week on Writers & Company, to honour International Children's Day, Eleanor speaks with four celebrated Authors about the books they read as kids - the books that changed their lives, and their favourite books from 1997. Our guests this week are Mavis Gallant, Hilary Mantel, Bharati Mukherjee, and Jay Parini.

WRITING A NATION: ISRAEL AT 50. Episode 1 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews Israeli author Meir Shalev, who discusses the sometimes oppressive weight of history in the Holy Land, the life of the Zionists who first established Israel, and the self-mythologizing aspects of the country's settlers. Part II: Eleanor interviews S. Izhar, the grand old man of Israeli literature, who discusses the novel he wrote in…