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 raunchy workplace satire ... about deradicalizing ISIS brides?

Here’s why Fran Lebowitz needs a cigarette

Dive into the dark underbelly of rural Ontario

Douglas Stuart was a fashion exec — now he designs stories

What’s the cost of the immigrant success story?

A forensic thriller writer autopsies her own life

Accepting the unknown … and a giant flock of crows

Literature, liberation and Lolita in Iran

Exploring the shady side of charity organizations

Can our friendships age with us?

Life of Pi author Yann Martel on the wars in your everyday

How to find hope in a funeral home

Should you be afraid of the wolf hour?

Would a tradwife influencer survive in 1855?

How do we restore our sense of wonder in media?

What does dystopia look like in the suburbs?

Is it magic … or is it Siri?

Why status and power are currency in Pakistan

The last book Julian Barnes will ever write

Is there a soundtrack to your life?