A virtuoso of the short story, Lydia Davis's work is surprising and memorable
10 Dec 2023
52m
CBC · Arts & Culture
Bookends with Mattea Roach
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.
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In her prizewinning fiction, Sigrid Nunez deals with life — and death — with empathy and wit
03 Dec 2023
1h 2m
Looking back at A.S. Byatt, the celebrated English novelist and imaginative intellectual
26 Nov 2023
54m
Nora Krug asks tough questions about her German family's wartime past
19 Nov 2023
1h 1m
Vietnam veteran Tim O'Brien on fictionalizing his war stories
12 Nov 2023
50m
Jesmyn Ward on exploring the stories of America's South
05 Nov 2023
52m
Jeanette Winterson brings humour and understanding to a fraught childhood
29 Oct 2023
52m
How John Grisham turned his passion for justice into bestselling legal thrillers
22 Oct 2023
52m
Viet Thanh Nguyen on redefining what it means to be a refugee
15 Oct 2023
52m
Anne Enright on her Booker-winning novel, The Gathering, and how Canada helped make her a writer
08 Oct 2023
51m
Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin on her legendary career and the power of storytelling
01 Oct 2023
53m
Chinese writer Yan Ge finds solace in creating literary worlds
24 Sep 2023
1h 6m
Novelist Sebastian Barry explores the personal stories behind Ireland's political history
17 Sep 2023
53m
Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland examines moral choice in an immoral world
10 Sep 2023
53m
Zadie Smith on writing, family and her addiction to reading
03 Sep 2023
54m
John le Carré on his legacy as a spy-turned-novelist
27 Aug 2023
1h 8m
Oliver Sacks on how an unconventional childhood shaped his love of science
20 Aug 2023
52m
Toni Morrison on family bonds, race and coping with personal tragedy
13 Aug 2023
52m
Acclaimed poet Mark Strand was known for meditative, spare verse that was anything but simple
06 Aug 2023
50m
Julian Barnes on love, loss and Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich
30 Jul 2023
53m
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