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

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?

If at first you break up … try, try again?

How long could you lie about who you are?

Why Tayari Jones fights for her stories

Inside Toronto’s most notorious women’s prison

For Jeanette Winterson, stories are essential to survival

What is boyhood to a Palestinian teen?

Strip club … or culture hub?

Rage and love at the end of apartheid