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Eleanor Wachtel talks with American writer, essayist, controversial gadfly and virtuoso writer, Gore Vidal. They discuss his life, work, and his unique perspective on American politics.

Discussions in three parts: An interview with British writer Malcolm Bradbury at his home in Norwich. A Panel discussions on England's place in the European community with historian Norman Stone, and critics Rosalind Miles and Robert Hewison (from CBC London). An interview with writer and critic Michael Ignatieff on an outsider's perception of Britain and the New Europe.

Australian author Michelle de Kretser talks to Eleanor Wachtel about hope and betrayal in her fiction, and about growing up in Sri Lanka in the 1960s.

This week, Invisible Forms: A Guide to Literary Curiosities - from footnotes to marginalia with England's Kevin Jackson. Also, more from Australia - its myths and the male psyche, with David Foster.

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…

Host Eleanor Wachtel welcomes author David Lodge. Though he's most widely known for hilarious novels, Trading Places and Ginger, You're Barmy, Lodge - a retired Professor of English at the University of Birmingham - has written highly acclaimed works of literary analysis, including Consciousness and the Novel. Lodge talks about his latest book, Thinks.

Eleanor Wachtel talks to the popular American writer Wally Lamb - author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True. Also, from London, the young novelist and critic Jonathan Coe. His books are entertaining, smart, and eccentric, and shot through with a political sensibility.

Part I: Mordecai Then and Now - The entertaining and irascible Mordecai Richler with his award-winning novel Barney's Version and his recent book of essays, Belling the Cat. Part II: Charles McGrath on 100 years of the New York Times Book Review.

Part two of a special 5-part series: Franco's Ghosts: Host Eleanor Wachtel will speak with activist, journalist and novelist, Rosa Montero, and one of the country's leading writers, Juan Goytisolo.

In a candid and personal conversation, cultural commentator Fran Lebowitz talks about her upbringing in New jersey, about her early success, and about her writer's block - or, as she calls it - a "writer's blockade." She talks about this ongoing problem with Eleanor.