Writers & Company
Writers & Company is a Canadian radio show that airs Sunday afternoons on CBC Radio One. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel, the program broadcasts interviews with Canadian and international writers. The show airs Sunday afternoons at 5:00 p.m. Manitoba and west, 3:00 p.m. Ontario and east, 3:30 Newfoundland and Labrador. It repeats on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. (but is heard only in areas where CBC Radio's local show begins at 4 p.m.).
The theme song of Writers & Company is "Long As You Know You're Living Yours" by Keith Jarrett.
The show reportedly began airing in 1990, with Wachtel as host from the start.[1]
After a special interview with Nadine Gordimer in 1991, which occupied the full length of the programme, the show gradually shifted to a format where each episode is devoted to a long-form interview with one author, which is unusual among literary radio shows.[2]
A columnist in The Irish Times said Writers & Company "may be the best author interview programme around".[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Barbara Silverstein (2011-01-06). "CBC radio host honoured for her work". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ Sheldon Gordon (2010). "Keeping writers company: Now celebrating the 20th anniversary of her highly regarded Writers & Company, Eleanor Wachtel is one of the best loved figures on the Canadian literary scene". McGill News Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26.
- ^ Sarah Bannan (2015-05-15). "Sarah Bannan selects her top 10 literary podcasts". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
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