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Eleanor Wachtel is the host and co-founder of CBC Radio’s Writers & Company, which is celebrating its 25rd anniversary this fall, and is a winner of the New York Festivals Award.  She also co-founded and hosts Wachtel on the Arts.  Her most recent books are Original Minds and Random Illuminations, which won the Independent Publisher Book Award. Wachtel has received many honours for her contributions to Canadian cultural life including eight honorary degrees and Officer of the Order of Canada.