Date: 2005-01-30
Name(s): Cartwright, Justin, Ndebele, Njabulo S. (Njabulo Simakahle), Ravel, Edeet, Slovo, Gillian, 1952-, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week on Writers & Company - When Private Lives Go Public: a panel. From Israel and Montréal, Edeet Ravel, from South Africa and England, Justin Cartwright and Gillian Slovo, and from South Africa, Njabulo Ndebele. They talk with host Eleanor Wachtel about where the personal meets the political in their writing.
Date: 2005-06-26
Name(s): Borson, Roo, 1952-, Dorgan, Theo, Forché, Carolyn, Simic, Charles, 1938-2023, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: From the Dublin Writers Festival - Host Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the winners of this year's Griffin Poetry Prize, Roo Borson and Charles Simic, along with American poet Carolyn Forché and Irish poet Theo Dorgan about the question "Where Does Poetry Come From?"
Date: 2019-04-28
Name(s): Rooney, Sally, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Irish writer Sally Rooney talks to Eleanor Wachtel about her two novels, Conversations with Friends (2017), and Normal People (2018). They talk about how she engages with the social conventions of her time and how her characters navigate coming-of-age in an Ireland reeling from the decline of the Irish economy during the 1990s-2000s - the "Celtic Tiger" years.
Date: 2019-04-07
Name(s): Atkins, William (Editor), Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: British author William Atkins spoke to Eleanor Wachtel about the literary allure and mystique of the world's driest, hottest places - as well as the troubling impact of migration, nuclear testing and environmental disaster.
Date: 1998-10-04
Name(s): Boyd, William, 1952-, McEwan, Ian, McIlveen, Nancy, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: PART I: Eleanor Wachtel talks with British author William Boyd, whose latest novel - Armadillo - looks at the life of a corrupt insurance adjuster in modern-day London. Boyd discusses the vicissitudes of life, the enduring class system in England, growing up in Africa, lucid dreaming, and the success of his latest book. PART II: Eleanor Wachtel interviews British author Ian McEwan. The discuss Enduring Love - his latest novel about the disastrous consequences of an incident wherein five men…
Date: 1991-02-10
Name(s): Boyd, William, 1952-, MacDonald, Ann-Marie, 1958-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: INTERVIEW: William Boyd discusses his novel, Brazzaville Beach: a Novel (1990, Viking Penguin). READING: Boyd reads from Brazzaville Beach. READING: Ann-Marie Macdonald performs a scene from "Goodnight, Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet)"(1988). INTERVIEW: MacDonald discusses her playwriting.
Date: 2000-10-01
Name(s): Gass, William H., 1924-2017, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: A discussion on the life and work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke with the award-winning American novelist and critic, William Gass. Gass' new book, Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation, explores not only Rilke's ideas and imagery, but his relationships - especially the women who fuelled his art. And a reading from Rilke's Requiem for a Friend, by David McIlraith.
Date: 2021-12-05
Name(s): Rabinovitch, Sandra, Sedaris, David, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: With sardonic wit, David Sedaris mines his own experience for his New Yorker essays, sold-out speaking tours and bestselling books. Eleanor caught up with him while on tour for his new title, A Carnival of Snackery, a collection of his diary entries spanning 2003 to 2020. Characteristically candid, Sedaris talks to Eleanor about finding comedy gold in meetings with strangers and family dynamics, and about the recent death of his father, with whom he had a difficult relationship. *Note: The…
Date: 2018-01-07
Name(s): Cobby Eckermann, Ali, 1963-, Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Māori novelist Witi Ihimaera (The Whale Rider) and Australian Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann (Ruby Moonlight) discuss how stories can bring us closer to reconciliation, and what it's like to navigate between two cultures.
Date: 2006-11-12
Name(s): Rabinovitch, Sandra, Soyinka, Wole, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week on Writers and Company, host Eleanor Wachtel talks with the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet, Wole Soyinka. Soyinka reflects on war and violence in the world today, and talks about his new memoir, You Must Set Forth at Dawn.
Date: 2023-02-05
Name(s): Kentridge, William, 1955-, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, internationally acclaimed artist William Kentridge engages with politics and memory through a variety of forms – from charcoal drawings, animation and sculptures, to immersive videos, theatre and opera. His 2022 exhibition at London's Royal Academy was hailed as "enthralling," an "operatic epic," while Kentridge's current retrospective at L.A.'s Broad Museum has been called "extraordinary." He spoke to Eleanor Wachtel about his work and career, as well as…
Date: 2015-05-24
Name(s): Bogosian, Eric, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with actor, playwright and novelist Eric Bogosian about his new non-fiction book called Operation Nemesis: the Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide.
Date: 2008-03-23
Name(s): Malcolm, Janet, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This week on Writers & Company, New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm combines literary biography with investigative journalism in her vivid portrait of the legendary couple, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
Date: 2015-10-18
Name(s): Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023, Coetzee, J. M., 1940-, Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-2015, Gordimer, Nadine, Munro, Alice, 1931-2024, Rabinovitch, Sandra, Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: This month, Writers & Company celebrates its 25th anniversary. From the start, the program set its sights on the world's finest writers, some new, some established. From our first season: Alice Munro, A.S. Byatt, J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and Eduardo Galeano.
Date: 2015-11-08
Name(s): Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964-, Phillips, Caryl, Smith, Zadie, Stinson, Mary (Producer), Wachtel, Eleanor
Description: In celebration of Writers & Company's 25th anniversary season, Eleanor speaks with special guests Zadie Smith, Aleksandar Hemon and Caryl Phillips on-stage at Toronto's International Festival of Authors.
