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Readings and an interview with Kate Atkinson
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.
A conversation with Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd, part 1
Families and Memoir - or is it fiction? Part one of Eleanor Wachtel's conversation with the popular English novelist, Margaret Drabble, and her husband, the biographer Michael Holroyd. They talk about memoir, biography and putting their lives on the page.
Margaret Drabble continued - on The Peppered Moth. And Ruth Wisse on The Modern Jewish Canon
The conclusion of Eleanor Wachtel's conversation with Margaret Drabble, recorded at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montréal. This part focuses on Margaret Drabble's new novel, The Peppered Moth, and her attempts to come to terms with the life of her mother. Also, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Montréaler Ruth Wisse about The Modern Jewish Canon and international cultural inheritance.