Bookends with Mattea Roach

Zadie Smith never thought she’d tell this story

Can your nail tech throw a mean right hook?

Ian McEwan has hope for humanity — here’s why

Why Mona Awad gave the Bunnies a say

Where do North Korean spies go for dinner?

Think Stonehenge rocks? So does Ken Follett

What is extreme caretaking?

R.F. Kuang raises a little hell

R.F. Kuang’s novel Katabasis serves as a profound meditation on the harrowing realities of dark academia, drawing directly from the author’s own experiences during the early stages of her PhD. The narrative, which reimagines hell as a university campus, functions as a cathartic exploration of the trauma and burnout inh...

What would it take to become the first Cherokee astronaut?

​What happens to fiction in times of war?

Why this comics legend is just getting started

Who was the woman Kafka loved?

Reliving the soundtrack of the 2000s

Holly Brickley’s debut novel Deep Cuts examines the intersection of music obsession and the cultural landscape of the 2000s. The narrative follows protagonist Percy through a decade defined by major geopolitical shifts, including 9/11 and the Iraq invasion, while tracing the rapid evolution of digital technology from p...

Why this Pulitzer Prize winner is done with writing books

Death, sex, money … and podcasting?

Navigating difficult conversations requires moving beyond the reactive, short-form nature of internet commentary toward the complexity found in long-form writing and books. Anna Sale, host of Death, Sex and Money, examines how to approach taboo subjects—specifically death, sex, money, family, and identity—by prioritizi...

Bookends Highlights: Why we never shut up about our literary prizes

Bookends Bonus: What do you see in the mirror?

Bookends Bonus: Redefining what counts as a Canadian literary classic from Commotion

Bernardine Evaristo: In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel

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