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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.

Writers and Company from CBC Radio

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41	Opera superstar Jessye Norman reflects on political activism and her 50-year career in music2019-02-24 12:00:00	Listen
42	Diana Athill: looking back at a remarkable literary life and career2019-02-17 12:00:00	Listen
43	Vesna Goldsworthy on re-imagining The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina2019-02-10 12:00:00	Listen
44	Juan Gabriel Vásquez on how Colombia's violent past has shaped his fiction and his life2019-02-03 12:00:00	Listen
45	Esther Kinsky on the ebb and flow of memory in River2019-01-27 12:00:00	Listen
46	Ondjaki captures the humour and heartache of life in his hometown, Luanda2019-01-20 12:00:00	Listen
47	Nadine Labaki highlights the heroism of children in Beirut in her new film, Capernaum2019-01-13 12:00:00	Listen
48	Kiese Laymon bears the weight of a difficult past in his powerful memoir, Heavy2019-01-06 12:00:00	Listen
49	Patti Smith on the immediacy of photography - and why she prefers Polaroids2018-12-30 12:00:00	Listen
50	Alain Mabanckou on his profound connection to the Republic of the Congo2018-12-23 12:00:00	Listen
51	The enduring magic of The Little Prince: with Stacy Schiff, Mark Osborne and Éric Dupont2018-12-16 12:00:00	Listen
52	Pat Barker on giving voice to the enslaved women of Homer's Iliad2018-12-09 12:00:00	Listen
53	Bernardo Bertolucci on the art and poetry of cinema2018-12-02 12:00:00	Listen
54	Susan Orlean on loving libraries - and burning books2018-11-25 12:00:00	Listen
Susan Orlean on loving libraries - and burning books The bestselling American writer talked to Eleanor Wachtel about her new title The Library Book, which tells the story of the devastating fire at the Los Angeles Central Library - and the significance of Orlean's own childhood library.…read more Published: 2018-11-25 12:00:00 Download episode
55	'My mother was a Communist informant.' András Forgách explores his family's secret past2018-11-18 12:00:00	Listen
56	Elliot Ackerman on the scars that remain once the battle is over2018-11-11 12:00:00	Listen
57	Jeet Thayil on Baudelaire, drug addiction and his provocative novel, Narcopolis2018-11-04 12:00:00	Listen
58	Lee Child on Jack Reacher and his larger-than-life crime thriller series2018-10-28 12:00:00	Listen
59	Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy2018-10-21 12:00:00	Listen
60	Poet Terrance Hayes examines race and politics in the age of Trump2018-10-14 12:00:00	Listen