Date: 2008-10-19
Name(s): Barry, Sebastian, 1955-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Sebastian Barry This week on Writers & Company, from Ireland - novelist, playwright, and poet, Sebastian Barry. His latest novel, The Secret Scripture, is shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize. The Secret Scripture is published by Viking.
Date: 2011-10-16
Name(s): Barry, Sebastian, 1955-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: From Ireland, novelist, playwright and poet, Sebastian Barry. He had great success with his last novel, The Secret Scripture. It not only won a slew of awards, including Britain's Costa Prize for best book of 2008, but it's also sold almost a million copies in more than thirty countries. His latest book, On Canaan's Side is an ode to 20th century America.
Date: 2009-03-22
Name(s): Durcan, Paul, 1944-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Paul Durcan is one of the most popular poets in Ireland. He's also a marvellous performer, with a truly unique reading style. This week on Writers & Company, Durcan discusses his incredible works, including his latest book of poetry, The Laughter of Mothers.
Date: 2002-01-27
Name(s): MacLaverty, Bernard, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: A conversation with Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty. He evokes the complexities of Belfast in the late '60s in his coming of age novel, The Anatomy School.
Date: 2002-03-31
Name(s): Boylan, Clare, Paley, Grace, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Dublin writer Clare Boylan on stage at the Manulife Literary Arts Festival. They discuss marriage, parents, and the world of women. Also on the show, a short story from a unique voice in American literature - Grace Paley. She reads "The Story Hearer" from her Collected Stories.
Date: 2013-05-19
Name(s): Stinson, Mary (Producer), Tóibín, Colm, 1955-, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Irish writer Colm Tóibín was this year's grand prize winner at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. His latest, The Testament of Mary, takes place twenty years after Jesus' death.
Date: 2009-12-06
Name(s): Rabinovitch, Sandra, Shalev, Meir, 1948-2023, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the popular Israeli novelist, children's book author, and political commentator, Meir Shalev. His book, A Pigeon and a Boy, is a bestseller in America and a prize-winner in Israel. A Pigeon and a Boy is published by Schocken Books.
Date: 2022-03-06
Name(s): Modan, Rutu, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Swailes, Katy, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Rutu Modan's comics have appeared in magazines and periodicals around the world, and her full-length graphic novels--inspired by real events and family history--have won major awards. Her latest book, Tunnels, is a witty, political, adventure about an archaeological dig in the West Bank. It features rivalries and conflicts that mirror the complexity of contemporary Israeli life. *Note: The audio for this episode was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown and contains occasional low-level…
Date: 1991-03-17
Name(s): Kurys, Diane, 1948-, Oz, Amos, 1939-2018, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: INTERVIEW: Israeli novelist and essayist, Amos Oz. discusses life in Israel, and fiction, politics, and peace in the Middle East. READING: Oz reads from his latest novel To Know a Woman (La-daʻat ishah) (1991, Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch). INTERVIEW: French filmmaker Diane Kurys discusses making art out of autobiography.
Date: 2002-09-22
Name(s): Kincaid, Jamaica, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: A conversation with American novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid. Growing up in Antigua gave Kincaid an appreciation of the cultural damage inflicted by colonialism. In her novel about her estranged father, Mr. Potter, she looks at the loss of personal and cultural identity in the aftermath of colonial rule.
Date: 2008-06-15
Name(s): Kugel, James L., Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with James Kugel. James Kugel has taught at Yale and Harvard, as well as his current post at Israel's Bar Ilan University. His specialty is the Bible - everything from the problems of translation to how to read the Bible today. They discuss his new book, How to Read the Bible : A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now.
Date: 2013-06-16
Name(s): Lasdun, James, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with British-American novelist, poet, and memoirist, James Lasdun. His latest book is a complex account of being stalked, called Give Me Everything You Have.
Date: 2015-11-01
Name(s): James, Marlon, 1970-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Eleanor speaks with this year's winner of the Man Booker Prize, Marlon James, the first Jamaican writer to win. His winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley - and its aftermath.
Date: 2014-01-12
Name(s): McBride, James, 1957-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: James McBride was the surprise winner of the 2013 National Book Award for his novel, The Good Lord Bird. It's a comic treatment of controversial abolitionist John Brown, who led a violent crusade against slavery.
Date: 2008-05-25
Name(s): Meek, James, 1962-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: From Britain via Iraq and Afghanistan, novelist and journalist James Meek this week on Writers & Company. Host Eleanor Wachtel talks with the author of the international bestseller, The People's Act of Love. He now has a new novel called, We Are Now Beginning Our Descent.
