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Alice Munro on her new book, Runaway
This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with Alice Munro - described as "Canada's Chekhov", "Canada's Flaubert" - you name it: a wonderful story-teller with a new book, Runaway, which is already a finalist for the 2004 Governor General's Literary Awards and winner of the Giller Prize.
An interview with American author Kate Walbert
Kate Walbert Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with American novelist, Kate Walbert, about getting the vote, going to war, and the age of anxiety. That's all in her new novel, A Short History of Women. A Short History of Women: A Novel is published by Simon & Schuster.
Interviews with Canadian Authors Carol Shields and Michael Ignatieff, both of whom are shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize
In this edition of Writers & Company, host Eleanor Wachtel speaks with two Canadian Authors whose books have been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize. Part I: Canadian author Carol Shields talks about her latest novel, The Stone Diaries. After the interview she reads an excerpt from the book. Part II: Canadian author, journalist and academic Michael Ignatieff is interviewed from London, England. He talks about his novel Scar Tissue, and reads an excerpt from the book.
Writing a Nation: Israel at 50, pt. 3: with Hanna Bat Shahar and Samīḥ al-Qāsim
WRITING A NATION - ISRAEL AT 50 - Episode 3 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as that country celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews Hanna Bat Shahar. Hailing from an ultra Orthodox background, Bat Shahar writes from inside the world of the religious Jewish community. Part II: Eleanor interviews Samīḥ al-Qāsim, the country's leading Palestinian poet.