Chinese writer Yan Ge finds solace in creating literary worlds
Fiction writer Yan Ge is a literary sensation in China, where she was named one of her country’s “future literary masters.” Her latest work to appear ...
Writers and Company from CBC Radio
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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.
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu brought a spiritual dimension to South Africa's liberation struggle
The beloved hero of the anti-apartheid movement died last December at the age of 90. He served as co-chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation ...
Nadifa Mohamed imagines the life of a Somali man wrongfully executed in her novel The Fortune Men
Somali-British writer Nadifa Mohamed's latest novel, The Fortune Men, is based on the true story of Mahmood Mattan, a Somali seaman who was executed i...
Quiara Alegria Hudes on her journey to writing the hit musical In the Heights
Pulitzer Prize-winner Quiara Alegria Hudes is best known for her collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the popular musical and feature film,...
U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo pays homage to art and ancestors in her new memoir, Poet Warrior
A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Joy Harjo's work is a powerful mix of the spiritual and political. In Poet Warrior, she reflects on both the ...
Damon Galgut probes South Africa’s troubled history in his Booker Prize winner, The Promise
South African writer Damon Galgut follows a white Pretoria family through the dismantling of Apartheid in his 2021 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Pro...
Sarah Broom on family bonds and the meaning of home in her award-winning memoir, The Yellow House
In her National Book Award-winning memoir, Sarah Broom explores the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005, putting her mother's hous...
Tash Aw on the dark side of the modern Asian dream
The Paris-based author returned to his native Malaysia to tell a haunting tale of migration and murder in his most recent novel, We, The Survivors. Ta...
Michelle de Kretser probes the human heart with insight and wit in her novel, The Life to Come
The Sri Lankan-born Australian author writes with fierce intelligence about race, class and immigration in her multi-award-winning novel, The Life to ...
Novelist Colm Toibin imagines the great German writer Thomas Mann
Irish writer Colm Toibin's new novel, The Magician, is an examination of the complex life of one of Germany’s most influential writers, as well as his...