Bookends with Mattea Roach
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When the book ends, the conversation begins. Mattea Roach speaks with writers who have something to say about their work, the world and our place in it. You’ll always walk away with big questions to ponder and new books to read.
Episodes (318)
Pasha Malla: Parodying a wellness resort with horror and humour
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Sarah Leavitt: Illustrating grief too wide for words
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Nalo Hopkinson: How Caribbean folktales inspired her fantastical novel, Blackhea...
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Leslie Jamison: Capturing Peggy Guggenheim in fiction and honouring a friend's d...
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Teresa Wong: Illustrating her family's past — in all its ordinary and epic momen...
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Paula Hawkins: Exploring the dark side of the art world in new thriller The Blue...
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Anne Fleming: Why her latest novel is a gender-bending tale of witchcraft and fo...
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Eric Chacour: Exploring the power of familial expectations and forbidden love
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Rachel Kushner: In Booker Prize finalist Creation Lake, an agent provocateur fac...
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Alan Hollinghurst: Coming of age in Britain and writing through the gay gaze
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Fawn Parker: Blending her own grief with fiction in new novel Hi, It’s Me
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Erica McKeen: Using horror and surrealism to explore grief, care and love in new...
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Jeff VanderMeer: How his blockbuster Southern Reach series reflects our own figh...
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V.V. Ganeshananthan: Exploring the complexity of Sri Lanka's civil war in her pr...
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Corinna Chong: Uncovering long buried truths against the backdrop of Alberta's B...
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Jenny Heijun Wills: Sharing her journey of transracial adoption and self-discove...
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Matt Haig: A surprise inheritance, a magical island and why he's embracing hope...
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Aldona Dziedziejko: Poetic reflections on land and loss wins 2024 CBC Nonfiction...
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Casey McQuiston: Celebrating queer love and joy and navigating the future of rom...
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