SOLD OUT – Wordfest presents Emma Donoghue & Eleanor Wachtel – $20

[gdlr_button href="https://www.artscommons.ca/WhatsOn/ShowDetails.aspx?show_id=DC21796E-2065-4384-9EDA-EEB0B92C20E4" target="_self" size="medium" background="#358CCB" color="#ffffff" border_color="#999999"]Buy Tickets[/gdlr_button] [gdlr_space height="20px"] A rare opportunity to hear the great Eleanor Wachtel reveal her most memorable interviews from CBC Radio's Writers & Company. She'll be joined by the glorious Emma Donoghue, who will present from her new novel The Wonder and share the inside scoop about the process of adaptating her international bestseller Room into a major motion picture, which was nominated for four Academy Awards in 2015. Hosted by Angie Abdou. [gdlr_divider type="solid" size="100%" ]

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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

A small community in 1850s Ireland is baffled by Anna O’Donnell, a child said to be living without food. Tourists flock in droves to her family’s cabin, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensational story. Enter Lib, an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale, hired to keep watch for two weeks and determine whether or not Anna is a fraud. As the girl deteriorates, Lib finds herself responsible not just for her patient’s care but for getting to the root of what could be a murder happening in slow motion.

The Best of Writers & Company by Eleanor Wachtel

The Best of Writers & Company is the latest and by far the richest collection of interviews by Eleanor Wachtel from her show, now celebrating its 25th anniversary at the CBC. Authors such as Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, Hilary Mantel, J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney and nearly a dozen others share their views on process, the writing life and the hazards of literary fame. [gdlr_divider type="solid" size="100%" ] [gdlr_button href="https://www.artscommons.ca/WhatsOn/ShowDetails.aspx?show_id=DC21796E-2065-4384-9EDA-EEB0B92C20E4" target="_self" size="medium" background="#358CCB" color="#ffffff" border_color="#999999"]Buy Tickets[/gdlr_button]