Date: 2009-04-19
Name(s): Clarke, John, 1948-2017, Hooper, Chloe, 1973-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country," Pt. 2. This week, more from Australia - Writers & Company presents a lively and wide-ranging Panel discussions with three respected writers: Chloe Hooper, John Clarke and Christos Tsiolkas. They explore Australia's mythology, identity and culture - past and present.
Date: 2009-04-26
Name(s): Malouf, David, 1934-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week on Writers & Company, host Eleanor Wachtel speaks with one of Australia's most elegant and insightful writers, David Malouf. Malouf scribes evocative poetry, novels, short fiction and essays. He's also written opera libretti and a play. Hear about Malouf and his wide range of works in part three of the series "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country."
Date: 2009-05-03
Name(s): De Kretser, Michelle, Grenville, Kate, 1950-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country" part four. Michelle de Kretser's writing raises interesting questions about Australian identity and culture. This week on Writers & Company, the talented novelist explains how themes of dislocation and discovery fit into her works. Also on the program, an interview with Kate Grenville, an author who finds inspiration in Australian history.
Date: 2009-05-10
Name(s): Ginibi, Ruby Langford, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor, Watson, Sam, 1952-2019, Watson, Samuel Wagan, 1972-
Description: Writers & Company wraps up the series "Dreaming Australia: Changing Visions of a Country." This episode starts with an interview with acclaimed author and historian Ruby Langford Ginibi. Find out why many people consider her to be an icon of survival and power for the Aboriginal people. Also on the program, Eleanor talks with activist Sam Watson and poet Samuel Wagan Watson - well-known writers in Australian Aboriginal culture. The father-son duo takes listeners on an in-depth journey into…
Date: 2011-04-17
Name(s): Cercas, Javier, 1962-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Part one of a special 5-part series: "Franco's Ghosts: The Remaking of Spain," starting with Javier Cercas. His books, Soldiers of Salamis and The Anatomy of a Moment explore Spain's dramatic and violent recent history. Javier Cercas's books The Speed of Light and The Anatomy of a Moment have been translated into English by Anne McLean and are available in paperback from Bloomsbury.
Date: 2011-04-24
Name(s): Goytisolo, Juan, Montero, Rosa, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: 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.
Date: 2011-05-01
Name(s): Muñoz Molina, Antonio, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Since the end of Franco's regime in 1975, Spain has transformed itself into a democratic, multicultural society. Spanish writing today dares to challenge long-held cultural myths and issues that linger from the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. The arrival of immigrants from Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has also changed the way Spain sees itself. In this third of a special five-part series, host Eleanor Wachtel speaks with novelist, Antonio Muñoz Molina. His unusual and…
Date: 2011-05-08
Name(s): El Hachmi, Najat, 1979-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Solana, Teresa, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Part four of our special 5-part series: Franco's Ghosts: The Remaking of Spain, this week Moroccan-born Najat El Hachmi, whose first novel The Last Patriarch was a bestseller and won the most prestigious Catalan literary prize. Also, Teresa Solana, the author of prize-winning crime fiction in the noir tradition, with a unique take on contemporary Barcelona.
Date: 2011-05-15
Name(s): Atxaga, Bernardo, Cruz Ruiz, Juan, 1948-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: The conclusion of our special 5-part series: "Franco's Ghosts: The Remaking of Spain" with the country's top Basque novelist, Bernardo Atxaga. And, journalist, publisher and author, Juan Cruz.
Date: 2002-03-10
Name(s): Barnes, Julian, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor, White, Edmund, 1940-
Description: This week on Writers & Company - "Francophilia!" England's Julian Barnes on his love affair with France and his new book Something to Declare. Also on the show, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with American novelist and biographer Edmund White about why he loves Paris in the springtime - and all the time.
Date: 1993-12-05
Name(s): Hope, William, Judt, Tony, Kavanagh, Peter, 1953-2016, Wachtel, Eleanor, White, Edmund, 1940-
Description: "French Intellectuals and Bad Boys" - Eleanor talks to American novelist Edmund White about his new biography of Jean Genet. And Tony Judt looks at the Left Bank intellectuals of post-war France.
Date: 2018-04-22
Name(s): Rabinovitch, Sandra, Rosenfeldt, Hans, 1964-, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: The haunting world of Nordic noir, with Hans Rosenfeldt. Eleanor talks to the Swedish screenwriter, novelist and creator of the hit show The Bridge, in part one of a new series, "Darkness and Light: The Nordic Imagination."
Date: 2018-04-29
Name(s): Knausgård, Karl Ove, 1968-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Karl Ove Knausgård, the Norwegian author of the epic six-volume memoir Min Kamp (My Struggle), talks to Eleanor Wachtel about his new outlook on life and his new series, Årstid encyklopedien (The Seasons Quartet), which takes the form of a letter to his daughter.
Date: 2018-05-06
Name(s): Nors, Dorthe, 1970-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: From Hans Christian Andersen to hygge — Dorthe Nors on the Danish psyche. Eleanor Wachtel travels to Copenhagen to talk to prominent Danish writer Dorthe Nors. The author's latest novel, Spejl, Skulder, Blink (Mirror, Shoulder, Signal ) is about a woman dealing with family, loneliness and learning how to drive.
Date: 2018-05-13
Name(s): Hallgrímur Helgason, 1959-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: From the Icelandic Sagas to Björk — Hallgrímur Helgason on Iceland's explosion of culture. Eleanor Wachtel talks to the prize-winning painter and novelist about Iceland's transformation from a forgotten nation to a booming cultural hub. Helgason's latest book, Konan við 1000° : Herbjörg María Björnsson segir frá (Woman at 1,000 Degrees), is an international bestseller.
