A.S. Byatt on The Children's Book

Date
2009-05-24
Interviewer: Wachtel, Eleanor
Host: Wachtel, Eleanor
Interviewee: Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023
Producer: Hastings, Sascha
Producer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Description

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.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (51 min., 52 sec.))
Location
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
Montréal (Québec)
Subject
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Networks
CBC Books
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Wachtel, Eleanor. Writers & company
Authorship
Authors, English--Interviews
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Peter Pan
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023--Childhood and youth
World War, 1939-1945--England
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023. Children's book
Women Authors--Fiction
Children and adults--Fiction
Runaway children--Fiction
Country homes--England--Fiction
Family secrets--Fiction
World War, 1914-1918--England--Fiction
Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932. Wind in the willows
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023. Babel tower
Trials (Obscenity)--England--Fiction
Family violence--England--Fiction
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
Sharp, Evelyn, 1869-1955
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
Stepniak, S., 1851-1895
Derby porcelain
Arts and crafts movement--England
Morris, William, 1834-1896
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Secret agent
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Puck of Pook's Hill
Genre
Discussion
Interviews
Literary readings
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Writers & Company
Identifier
WritersAndCo-2009-05-24
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