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In celebration of Writers & Company's 25th anniversary season, Eleanor speaks with special guests Zadie Smith​, Aleksandar Hemon​ and ​Caryl Phillips​ ​on-stage at Toronto's International Festival of Authors.

This week, Caryl Phillips talks with Eleanor about his new novel, The Lost Child. It examines the origins of Heathcliff, Emily Bronte's mysterious hero, intertwined with a modern story about a troubled single mother living in Yorkshire.

Part I: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips about his latest book, Cambridge - a picture of slavery in the Caribbean from shifting perspectives. Part II: British developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert talks about why science does not make sense in his new book, The Unnatural Nature of Science.

Part I: From England, Caryl Phillips. After his Booker short-listed novel about slavery and racism, Crossing the River, he has a new book about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism called The Nature of Blood. Part II: Popular fiction writer Alice Adams talks about love, doctors, and growing up in the South.