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Looking back at A.S. Byatt, the celebrated English novelist and imaginative intellectual
Looking back at A.S. Byatt, the celebrated English novelist and imaginative intellectual
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54 minutes
Released:
Nov 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
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In honour of novelist and critic A.S. Byatt, who died on November 16, Writers & Company revisits her 2009 interview with Eleanor Wachtel, recorded live at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. Byatt was there to launch her novel, The Children's Book, and to receive the festival's $10,000 Grand Prix. *Please note this interview includes reference to suicide. It originally aired on May 24, 2009.
Released:
Nov 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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Jeanette Winterson brings humour and understanding to a fraught childhood: WARNING: This discussion deals with suicide. England's Jeanette Winterson reflects on her childhood and explores her search for love and belonging in her memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson is the author of the hit, semi-autobiographical novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Her latest book, Night Side of the River, is a collection of ghost stories. *This interview originally aired in 2012. by Writers and Company