Date: 2018-04-15
Name(s): Rabinovitch, Sandra, Sands, Philippe, 1960-, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: English writer and lawyer Philippe Sands talks to Eleanor Wachtel about his groundbreaking book, East West Street: on the Origins of "genocide" and "crimes Against Humanity." East West Street explores the origins of human rights law at the Nuremberg Trials... and follows Sands on a journey to uncover the truth about his own family's story.
Date: 1999-10-03
Name(s): Bujold, Geneviève, Feldman, Susan, Godfrey, Lisa, Grosskurth, Phyllis, MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-, Shields, Carol, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Part I: Canadian biographer Phyllis Grosskurth turns the spotlight on her own life in her new memoir, Elusive Subject. Part II: Carol Shields on writing for the stage and radio.
Date: 2022-11-27
Name(s): Jarawan, Pierre, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Swailes, Katy, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Lebanese German writer Pierre Jarawan made a stunning debut with his compelling novel The Storyteller. Hailed as "a love letter to Lebanon," it became an international bestseller and earned him the title Literature Star of the Year. His latest novel, Song for the Missing, is also set in Lebanon. Haunting and poetic, moving through different decades, it explores the lasting trauma from the country's 15-year civil war. Jarawan spoke to Eleanor Wachtel onstage at the Vancouver Writers Fest.
Date: 2017-01-08
Name(s): Hare, David, 1947-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Eleanor speaks with English playwright, screenwriter and director Sir David Hare about writing the screenplay for Denial - a new film starring Rachel Weisz - and turning the spotlight on his own life in a revealing memoir.
Date: 1997-03-02
Name(s): Castle, Terry, Kumin, Maxine, 1925-2014, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Part I: Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Maxine Kumin extols nature, family, horses, and her best friend, Anne Sexton. Part II: Kindred spirits - a look at the friendship between Noël Coward and Radclyffe Hall with American literary critic Terry Castle.
Date: 1991-04-28
Name(s): Dove, Rita, Hayman, Ronald, 1932-2019, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: American poet Rita Dove discusses her work and reads from her new collection, Grace Notes, and from her collection Thomas and Beulah. Then, British critic, dramatist, and writer Ronald Hayman discusses the life and work of Marcel Proust in his book Proust: a Biography.
Date: 2016-10-30
Name(s): Olds, Sharon, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Eleanor speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds, on stage at the 2016 Vancouver Writers Festival. Olds is known for her intensely personal, emotionally scathing verse. Her new book, Odes, is a celebration of the ordinary.
Date: 2003-09-28
Name(s): Bergen, David, 1957-, Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011, Léveillé, J. R. (J. Roger), 1945-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Sweatman, Margaret, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Host Eleanor Wachtel goes West for a lively Panel discussions on writing from a Prairie perspective. "Prairie Traditions: Writing Against the Grain," recorded at the Winnipeg Literary Festival, features Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Sweatman, David Bergen, and Roger Léveillé.
Date: 1991-12-15
Name(s): Harjo, Suzan Shown, Malouf, David, 1934-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Todd, Loretta, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Toronto (Ont.). Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN. Washington (D.C.)
Date: 1993-01-10
Name(s): Cody, Liza, Paretsky, Sara, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Silverman, Kenneth, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: American biographer Kenneth Silverman discusses his new book on the life of literary critic and renowned author of the American Gothic horror genre, Edgar Allen Poe. Pt. 2: Crime fiction writers Sara Paretsky and Liza Cody discuss writing women-led detective and mystery stories.
Date: 1991-12-22
Name(s): Cox, Michael, 1948-2009, Keillor, Garrison, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: READING: Recorded spoken word: A live recording of American author and humorist Garrison Keillor performing a monologue from A Prairie Home Companion for The American Radio Company of the Air. INTERVIEW: Garrison Keillor, talks about his writing, his love of radio, his roots in America's Midwest, performing in front of an audience, and being the tallest radio humorist. READING: Excerpt from a live recording of Garrison Keillor reading from his novel WLT: A Radio Romance at Harbourfront in…
Date: 1992-01-19
Name(s): Feldman, Susan, Holroyd, Michael, Kelly, Greg, Shawn, Wallace, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: American playwright Wallace Shawn on politics and playwriting. He reads from his monologue "The Fever" . British biographer Michael Holroyd on his third volume of the life of George Bernard Shaw, The Lure of Fantasy.
Date: 2016-04-24
Name(s): Kermani, Navid, 1967-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Part 3 of the series "At the Centre of Europe: A Changing Germany" - From Cologne, the novelist, essayist and Islam scholar, Navid Kermani - one of Germany's most important writers and thinkers. Kermani talks to Eleanor about current political and cultural issues in Germany, and his passion for the music of Neil Young.
Date: 2011-09-25
Name(s): Kushner, Tony, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week on Writers & Company Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Their conversation, recorded onstage at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ranges from his epic Angels in America to his latest play, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism, With a Key to the Scriptures.
Date: 2022-01-23
Name(s): Hudes, Quiara Alegría, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Swailes, Katy, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: From New York, playwright and screenwriter, Quiara Alegría Hudes. The Pulitzer Prize-winner is best known for her collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the popular musical and feature film, In the Heights. In her new memoir, My Broken Language, she explores the intersection of identity and language, in relation to home. *Note: The audio for this episode was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown and contains occasional low-level equipment-related distortion.
