Writers and Company from CBC Radio
Summary: 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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Actor, playwright and novelist Eric Bogosian has a new non-fiction book about the Armenian genocide of one hundred years ago. It's called "Operation Nemesis."
This week, from Alexandria and New York, Eleanor speaks with André Aciman. His novel "Harvard Square" is an autobiographical story about an unlikely friendship between two immigrants to America.
This week, the conclusion of our special series, "Re-imagining the Balkans: How the countries of the former Yugoslavia face their past and their future," with Bosnian filmmaker, Aida Begic.
This week, more in our special series, "Re-imagining the Balkans: How the countries of the former Yugoslavia face their past and their future," with Sibila Petlevski and David Albahari.
During the summer, the weekly bonus podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor Wachtel's 2006 conversation with American science writer, Dava Sobel.
During the summer, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 1999 conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Mark Strand.
During the summer, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor Wachtel's 2003 conversation with Shirley Hazzard.
During the summer, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 2001 conversation with feminist icon, Gloria Steinem.
During the summer, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives. This week, Eleanor's 2001 conversation with Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci.
During the summer, the weekly podcast will feature some of the best shows from our archives that haven't been podcast before. This week, our conversation with primatologist Jane Goodall from the year 2000.
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". This file contains audio not heard on the broadcast version.
Eleanor Wachtel spoke with Italian author, Erri de Luca, at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. He's a novelist, essayist, poet, translator, screenwriter and actor. And he's the most widely read Italian author alive today.
Mia Couto was born in Mozambique, where his Portuguese parents had settled. He's just won this year's 100,000 Euro Camões Prize for Literature - dubbed the Portuguese Nobel. His latest book in English is called "The Tuner of Silences".
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