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The incomparable Margaret Atwood on writing and dystopias in Oryx and Crake and Negotiating with the Dead
Host Eleanor Wachtel talks with one of Canada's literary giants: Margaret Atwood. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with Margaret Atwood on stage at the Omni Hotel in Montreal as part of a fundraiser for the McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women. An entertaining and wide-ranging conversation, they talk about Margaret Atwood's writing and about her new novel, Oryx and Crake.
Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro on the emotional power of storytelling in a high-tech world
Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro joins Eleanor Wachtel to discuss his bestselling new novel, Klara and the Sun. It's an imaginative exploration of love, artificial intelligence and what it means to be human.
Chan Koonchung on The Fat Years
This week, 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."