Bookends with Mattea Roach
A podcast by CBC

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85 Episodes
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Writing about catastrophe gives Madeleine Thien courage
Published: 5/7/2025 -
Fighting for an unlawful love in Uganda
Published: 5/4/2025 -
NOT CLICKBAIT! She stole her dead twin sister’s identity!?
Published: 4/30/2025 -
What if your dreams could land you in jail?
Published: 4/27/2025 -
Meet the winner of the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize
Published: 4/23/2025 -
Why you can’t forget your first love
Published: 4/20/2025 -
Why growing up is so hard — and why Canadians are so funny
Published: 4/16/2025 -
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s triumphant return to fiction
Published: 4/13/2025 -
Scaachi Koul calls herself a professional ex-wife
Published: 4/9/2025 -
Yes, tuberculosis is still a thing — John Green tells us why
Published: 4/6/2025 -
Mapping the stories of Uganda’s abducted children
Published: 4/2/2025 -
Kate Bush spins a magical story on her album Hounds of Love
Published: 3/30/2025 -
Curtis Sittenfeld is fascinated by fame
Published: 3/26/2025 -
Emma Donoghue boards a train destined for disaster
Published: 3/23/2025 -
Why Heather O’Neill believes in magic
Published: 3/19/2025 -
Getting to know Canada’s king of suspense
Published: 3/16/2025 -
How Frida Kahlo and Sylvia Plath inspired a novel about chronic pain
Published: 3/12/2025 -
We can still avoid a tech dystopia — here’s how
Published: 3/9/2025 -
In the Caribbean, secret lives come at a cost
Published: 3/5/2025 -
Pitbull, Scarface and a whale walk into a book
Published: 3/2/2025
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.