Bookends with Mattea Roach

CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand

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

A novel inspired by the death of a tree

Girlbossing on an oil rig

How bad was your worst friendship breakup?

Michelle Good is reclaiming her mother's name

Colson Whitehead’s lifelong love affair with New York

What if your boss was a literal supervillain?

Did the pandemic radicalize you?

Why age-gap friendships are a risk worth taking

Why writing a novel is like riding a horse

A city just for adulterers

It’s tough being the new kid in town. The zombies don’t help

Can you justify killing bad men?

The dazzling, dangerous world of a 20th century spy

Why you shouldn’t go gentle into that good night

From Hamnet to Land, Maggie O'Farrell maps uncharted history

Can you make a family — and a country — great again?

Sci-fi, survival and the final frontier

Bookends highlights: Y’all know we’re Canada down

Marjane Satrapi: In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel

What does it mean to be a dad, anyway?