Writers and Company from CBC Radio

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CBC Radio's Writers and Company offers an opportunity to explore in depth the lives, thoughts and works of remarkable writers from around the world. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.

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Writers and Company from CBC Radio

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21 From The Shipping News to Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx on the importance of place in her fiction2019-05-26 12:00:00
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22 Doris Lessing on how her childhood in Zimbabwe shaped her visionary fiction2019-05-19 12:00:00
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23 Imani Perry on the remarkable life and legacy of Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun2019-05-12 12:00:00
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24 Whit Stillman on Jane Austen's diabolical, amoral and utterly charming Lady Susan2019-05-05 12:00:00
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25 Widely-acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney offers a sharp and witty take on love, sex, class and politics2019-04-28 12:00:00
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26 Looking back at the extraordinary Simone de Beauvoir on the 70th anniversary of The Second Sex2019-04-21 12:00:00
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27 How the true story of the 'American Taliban' led to John Wray's new novel, Godsend2019-04-14 12:00:00
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How the true story of the 'American Taliban' led to John Wray's new novel, Godsend

In his fifth novel, the award-winning writer explores identity, rebellion and radicalism through the eyes of a teenage woman. Wray talks to Eleanor Wachtel about the 'pure and dangerous' age of adolescence.…read more

28 William Atkins on the beauty, myths and harsh realities of desert life2019-04-07 12:00:00
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29 Aatish Taseer on religion, caste and power in modern India2019-03-31 12:00:00
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30 How John Grisham turned his passion for justice into bestselling legal thrillers2019-03-24 12:00:00
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31 To mark St. Patrick's Day, a conversation with Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney2019-03-17 12:00:00
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32 Nora Krug asks tough questions about her German family's wartime past2019-03-08 12:00:00
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33 Sarah Moss on Brexit, borders and the ghosts of England's Iron Age2019-03-03 12:00:00
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34 Opera superstar Jessye Norman reflects on political activism and her 50-year career in music2019-02-24 12:00:00
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35 Diana Athill: looking back at a remarkable literary life and career2019-02-17 12:00:00
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36 Vesna Goldsworthy on re-imagining The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina2019-02-10 12:00:00
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37 Juan Gabriel Vásquez on how Colombia's violent past has shaped his fiction and his life2019-02-03 12:00:00
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38 Esther Kinsky on the ebb and flow of memory in River2019-01-27 12:00:00
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39 Ondjaki captures the humour and heartache of life in his hometown, Luanda2019-01-20 12:00:00
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40 Nadine Labaki highlights the heroism of children in Beirut in her new film, Capernaum2019-01-13 12:00:00
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