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Eleanor Wachtel

Eleanor Wachtel is a writer and broadcaster who has hosted CBC Radio’s award-winning Writers & Company since its inception in 1990 and The Arts Today since 1996. In addition to her widely acclaimed Writers & Company and More Writers & Company, she contributed to Dropped Threads and Lost Classics and has co-authored or co-edited three other books. Her work has also appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Saturday Night, Maclean’s and The Globe and Mail. Among the many honours she has received in recognition of her contribution to Canadian intellectual and cultural life, she won the 2002 Jack Award for supporting Canadian books and authors. Born and raised in Montreal, where she studied English literature at McGill University, Eleanor Wachtel lives in Toronto.

Books by Eleanor Wachtel

The Best of Writers & Company

by (author) Eleanor Wachtel

Original Minds

by (author) Eleanor Wachtel

Random Illuminations

Conversations with Carol Shields

by (author) Eleanor Wachtel

More Writers & Company

New Conversations with CBC Radio's Eleanor Wachtel

by (author) Eleanor Wachtel

Writers & Company

In Conversation with CBC Radio's Eleanor Wachtel

by (author) Eleanor Wachtel

Language in Her Eye

Views on Writing and Gender by Canadian Women Writing in English

edited by Libby Scheier, Sarah Sheard & Eleanor Wachtel
by (author) Liba Scheier