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Readings and interview with Irish writer Seamus Deane. His extraordinary new novel is in the form of a memoir. It's a classic growing-up Irish story that's political, poetical, and humorous. It's called Reading in the Dark.

An interview with English author Kate Atkinson, whose new book Human Croquet draws on the same fierce energy and idiosyncratic wit as her award-winning first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. This episode includes two readings.

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with American author Anne Tyler. In a rare interview, the much-loved chronicler of families talks about her life, her work, and her new novel - A Spool of Blue Thread.

This week, a conversation with the prize-winning novelist, Maggie O'Farrell. O'Farrell's fifth book, The Hand That First Held Mine, won Britain's Costa Award for Best Novel. Her first book, After You'd Gone, won the Betty Trask Award. Her books about independent women, set in the past and the present, are literary page-turners. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox and The Hand That First Held Mine are published by Headline.

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with American born British-Libyan novelist Hisham Matar about the events that have shaped his writing, including the abduction of his father and life under the Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. 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.

Lebanese German writer Pierre Jarawan made a stunning debut with his compelling novel The Storyteller. Hailed as "a love letter to Lebanon," it became an international bestseller and earned him the title Literature Star of the Year. His latest novel, Song for the Missing, is also set in Lebanon. Haunting and poetic, moving through different decades, it explores the lasting trauma from the country's 15-year civil war. Jarawan spoke to Eleanor Wachtel onstage at the Vancouver Writers Fest.

Serbian American author Téa Obreht spoke to Eleanor Wachtel about mythology and ghosts in her acclaimed novels The Tiger's Wife and Inland.

Eleanor speaks with Chinese American writer, Ha Jin. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pen-Faulkner Prize, Jin talks about his new novel, The Boat Rocker; writing in English; and why he's not able to return to China.

The Canadian literary icon joined Eleanor Wachtel onstage at the Rialto Theatre in Montréal. His new novel, Warlight, is being hailed as a masterpiece.

This week on Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel explores the wonderful world of literature with English author A.S. Byatt, who has written her first novel in seven years - a big, ambitious, exceptionally rich story called The Children's Book. Byatt talks about the book and journeys into her personal life, sharing stories about her family, childhood, and her incredible career.

Eleanor speaks with Amy Tan about her gripping new novel, The Valley of Amazement - her first in eight years. The book revolves around the world of the courtesan in early 20th century Shanghai.

This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize, Irish author Anne Enright. They talk about her spiky and original novel, The Gathering which tells of a woman being pulled back into her family circle upon her brother's death.