Keillor returns to radio after stroke

American writer and radio humorist Garrison Keillor is set to host his first broadcast since his stroke in early September.

The writer is scheduled to launch a new season of his popular public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, on Saturday night from the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn.

The 67-year-old broadcaster suffered a mild stroke on Labour Day and spent four nights at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.  He returned to work almost immediately and said he would not postpone his radio show's season premiere.

Saturday's show will be followed by an annual meatloaf supper and free street dance featuring Keillor with singer Andra Suchy, Salsa del Soul, the Sam Bush Band and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.

In July, the show marked its 35th anniversary in Avon, Minn., the town which inspired the fictional Lake Wobegon — the subject of his newspaper columns, bestselling books and his weekly show.

Keillor is also scheduled to attend the Toronto International Festival of Authors in October.