Bookends with Mattea Roach

63 Episodes

1. Nalo Hopkinson: How Caribbean folktales inspired her fantastical novel, Blackheart Man

   Published: 12/1/2024
2. Leslie Jamison: Capturing Peggy Guggenheim in fiction and honouring a friend's dream

   Published: 11/27/2024
3. Teresa Wong: Illustrating her family's past — in all its ordinary and epic moments

   Published: 11/24/2024
4. Paula Hawkins: Exploring the dark side of the art world in new thriller The Blue Hour

   Published: 11/20/2024
5. Anne Fleming: Why her latest novel is a gender-bending tale of witchcraft and forbidden love

   Published: 11/17/2024
6. Eric Chacour: Exploring the power of familial expectations and forbidden love

   Published: 11/13/2024
7. Rachel Kushner: In Booker Prize finalist Creation Lake, an agent provocateur faces deep questions about how to live

   Published: 11/10/2024
8. Alan Hollinghurst: Coming of age in Britain and writing through the gay gaze

   Published: 11/6/2024
9. Fawn Parker: Blending her own grief with fiction in new novel Hi, It’s Me

   Published: 11/3/2024
10. Erica McKeen: Using horror and surrealism to explore grief, care and love in new novel Cicada Summer

    Published: 10/30/2024
11. Jeff VanderMeer: How his blockbuster Southern Reach series reflects our own fight against climate change

    Published: 10/27/2024
12. V.V. Ganeshananthan: Exploring the complexity of Sri Lanka's civil war in her prize-winning novel, Brotherless Night

    Published: 10/23/2024
13. Corinna Chong: Uncovering long buried truths against the backdrop of Alberta's Badlands

    Published: 10/20/2024
14. Jenny Heijun Wills: Sharing her journey of transracial adoption and self-discovery in her moving essay collection

    Published: 10/16/2024
15. Matt Haig: A surprise inheritance, a magical island and why he's embracing hope — in fiction and life

    Published: 10/13/2024
16. Aldona Dziedziejko: Poetic reflections on land and loss wins 2024 CBC Nonfiction Prize

    Published: 10/9/2024
17. Casey McQuiston: Celebrating queer love and joy and navigating the future of romance

    Published: 10/6/2024
18. Tanya Talaga: Searching for her great-great grandmother — a story of family, truth and survival

    Published: 9/29/2024
19. Alison McCreesh: Exploring the magic and nuance of life in the North in her latest graphic novel

    Published: 9/25/2024
20. Aysegul Savas: Finding home in foreignness and capturing the uncertainty of early adulthood

    Published: 9/22/2024