Eleanor's Blog

Eleanor's travel blog: Greece (5-part series airing 7 April - 5 May 2013)

Monday, May 6, 2013 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

Eleanor Wachtel travelled to Greece in March to meet with some of the country's most prominent thinkers and authors as part of a special series...

Eleanor's travel blog: Jaipur (3-part series airing 10 February - 24 February, 2013)

Sunday, February 24, 2013 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

The Dalai Lama listens to Pico Iyer at one of the opening day sessions at the Jaipur Literature Festival. (Deepak Sharma/Associated Press)In late January, Writers...

Eleanor's travel blog: Sri Lanka (5-part series airing Feb. 19 - March 18)

Friday, February 24, 2012 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

Hindu god in Buddhist temple in Colombo It all started when Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Shyam Selvadurai invited me to the Galle Literary Festival that...

Eleanor's Travel Blog: Spain (5 part series airing April 17 - May 15, 2011)

Friday, April 15, 2011 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

When I arrive in Marrakesh, I phone Juan Goytisolo and we arrange to meet on the terrace of the Cafe de France - not...

Letter to Eleanor

Friday, January 14, 2011 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

Scottish writer Jackie Kay The following is from a letter sent to Eleanor Wachtel, and we found the story so delightful that we wanted to...

Eleanor Wachtel on a Canadian exclusive: Her interview with John le Carré (2 parts, aired October 10 and 17, 2010)

Sunday, October 17, 2010 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

John le Carré with Eleanor WachtelJohn le Carré is an elusive guy, which I suppose is not surprising for someone who used to be...

Eleanor's Travel Diary: Chile (5 part series aired April 4 - May 2, 2010)

Sunday, April 4, 2010 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog, Travel Diary |

Terremoto in Santiago: the first 24 hours Eleanor Wachtel at the Palacio de Bellas ArtesIt starts with sounds. I awake to an unfamiliar creaking, a...

Eleanor Wachtel's Australian Travel Diary (5 Part series aired April 12 - May 10, 2009)

Sunday, April 12, 2009 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog, Travel Diary |

Eleanor in front of the Sydney Opera HouseNever has the cliché "a land of contradictions" been more fitting or appropriate than to Australia. First...

Eleanor's Beijing Travel Diary 2008

Sunday, June 22, 2008 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

  Eleanor Wachtel on her visit to Beijing, a city balancing between cherished traditions and building booms as it prepares to host the Olympics At...

Talking with a master storyteller: Eleanor Wachtel on interviewing Mavis Gallant

Sunday, January 13, 2008 | Categories: Eleanor's Blog |

At 85, Mavis Gallant may move slowly, but her mind is as quick and engaged as ever. Her memory, like her writing, boasts a...

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