Writers & Company
Writers & Company is a Canadian radio show that aired Sunday afternoons on CBC Radio One from 1990 to 2024. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel, the program broadcasts interviews with Canadian and international writers. The show aired Sunday afternoons at 5:00 p.m. Manitoba and west, 3:00 p.m. Ontario and east, 3:30 Newfoundland and Labrador. It repeated on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. (but was heard only in areas where CBC Radio's local show begins at 4 p.m.).
The theme song of Writers & Company was "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]
Following Wachtel's retirement from the CBC in 2023, the show continued to air in repeats until 2024, when it was replaced with Bookends, a new show hosted by Mattea Roach.[4]
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.
- ^ Nicole Thompson, "‘Jeopardy’ star Mattea Roach to host new CBC books radio show, ‘Bookends’". Toronto Star, August 27, 2024.
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