Paula Hawkins: Exploring the dark side of the art world in new thriller The Blue Hour
20 Nov 2024
33m
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.
Episodes
Anne Fleming: Why her latest novel is a gender-bending tale of witchcraft and forbidden love
17 Nov 2024
39m
Eric Chacour: Exploring the power of familial expectations and forbidden love
13 Nov 2024
34m
Rachel Kushner: In Booker Prize finalist Creation Lake, an agent provocateur faces deep questions about how to live
10 Nov 2024
34m
Alan Hollinghurst: Coming of age in Britain and writing through the gay gaze
06 Nov 2024
35m
Fawn Parker: Blending her own grief with fiction in new novel Hi, It’s Me
03 Nov 2024
24m
Erica McKeen: Using horror and surrealism to explore grief, care and love in new novel Cicada Summer
30 Oct 2024
25m
Jeff VanderMeer: How his blockbuster Southern Reach series reflects our own fight against climate change
27 Oct 2024
32m
V.V. Ganeshananthan: Exploring the complexity of Sri Lanka's civil war in her prize-winning novel, Brotherless Night
23 Oct 2024
38m
Corinna Chong: Uncovering long buried truths against the backdrop of Alberta's Badlands
20 Oct 2024
25m
Jenny Heijun Wills: Sharing her journey of transracial adoption and self-discovery in her moving essay collection
16 Oct 2024
25m
Matt Haig: A surprise inheritance, a magical island and why he's embracing hope — in fiction and life
13 Oct 2024
29m
Aldona Dziedziejko: Poetic reflections on land and loss wins 2024 CBC Nonfiction Prize
09 Oct 2024
17m
Casey McQuiston: Celebrating queer love and joy and navigating the future of romance
06 Oct 2024
40m
Tanya Talaga: Searching for her great-great grandmother — a story of family, truth and survival
29 Sep 2024
54m
Alison McCreesh: Exploring the magic and nuance of life in the North in her latest graphic novel
25 Sep 2024
25m
Aysegul Savas: Finding home in foreignness and capturing the uncertainty of early adulthood
22 Sep 2024
30m
Sloane Crosley: Losing her best friend and sharing her grief with the world
18 Sep 2024
27m
David Huebert: Exploring the complexity of our relationship with oil through fiction
15 Sep 2024
23m
Heather O'Neill: How motherhood and artistry intersect in the bestselling writer's life and work
11 Sep 2024
23m
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