Bookends with Mattea Roach
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Aug 9, 2018
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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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For Indigenous players, ice hockey is a ceremony of its own
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Taylor Jenkins Reid is among the stars — on and off the page
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Alison Bechdel on making money and seeing Fun Home in a new light
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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David A. Robertson puts stories at the heart of reconciliation
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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An opera singer gives voice to the Grenadian revolution
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May 28, 2025 |
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When young men murder, what can we learn?
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May 25, 2025 |
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Music, sex and finding the soundtrack to queer joy
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May 21, 2025 |
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Weightlifting made Casey Johnston stronger — in muscle and mind
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May 18, 2025 |
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Fans asked for another happy ending — Carley Fortune delivered
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May 14, 2025 |
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Bookends Introduces | Understood: Who Broke the Internet
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ocean Vuong finds beauty in a fast food shift
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May 11, 2025 |
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Writing about catastrophe gives Madeleine Thien courage
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May 07, 2025 |
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Fighting for an unlawful love in Uganda
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May 04, 2025 |
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NOT CLICKBAIT! She stole her dead twin sister’s identity!?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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What if your dreams could land you in jail?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Meet the winner of the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Why you can’t forget your first love
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Why growing up is so hard — and why Canadians are so funny
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s triumphant return to fiction
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Scaachi Koul calls herself a professional ex-wife
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Yes, tuberculosis is still a thing — John Green tells us why
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Mapping the stories of Uganda’s abducted children
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Kate Bush spins a magical story on her album Hounds of Love
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Curtis Sittenfeld is fascinated by fame
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Emma Donoghue boards a train destined for disaster
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Why Heather O’Neill believes in magic
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Getting to know Canada’s king of suspense
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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How Frida Kahlo and Sylvia Plath inspired a novel about chronic pain
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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We can still avoid a tech dystopia — here’s how
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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In the Caribbean, secret lives come at a cost
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Pitbull, Scarface and a whale walk into a book
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Emily Austin: Would life be easier as a rat? And other ways to escape adulthood
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Nnedi Okorafor: Bringing a writer to life in Death of the Author
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Jack Wang: Reimagining the lost stories of Chinese Canadians during WWII
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Helen Phillips: In a world run by AI, what makes us human?
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Daniel Aleman: Loneliness inspired a novel about a Grindr date gone fatally wrong
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Kate Gies: Reclaiming her body after years of medical trauma
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Emma Knight: 'Bad' mothers make good stories — and are more true-to-life
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Imani Perry: Tracing blue through Black American life
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Chris Ware: Inside the sketchbooks of a comics master
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Amy Lin: Widowed at 31, she looks for the beauty in grief
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Rumaan Alam: How would you spend a billion dollars?
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Rachel Robb: Exploring reconciliation and the natural world
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Judith Butler: Breaking down why people fear gender
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Zoe Whittall: Why heartbreak is a valid form of grief
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Adrian Tomine: Answering his readers’ burning questions
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Bookends: Highlights from 2024
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Samantha Harvey: In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Bryan Lee O’Malley: 20 years of Scott Pilgrim
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Nita Prose: The Maid series returns with a Christmas twist
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Aldona Dziedziejko: Poetic reflections on land and loss wins 2024 CBC Nonfiction Prize
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Casey McQuiston: Celebrating queer love and joy and navigating the future of romance
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Tanya Talaga: Searching for her great-great grandmother — a story of family, truth and survival
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Alison McCreesh: Exploring the magic and nuance of life in the North in her latest graphic novel
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Aysegul Savas: Finding home in foreignness and capturing the uncertainty of early adulthood
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Sloane Crosley: Losing her best friend and sharing her grief with the world
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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David Huebert: Exploring the complexity of our relationship with oil through fiction
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Heather O'Neill: How motherhood and artistry intersect in the bestselling writer's life and work
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Kaveh Akbar: Finding meaning in sobriety and writing his bestseller, Martyr!
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Introducing Bookends with Mattea Roach
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Sep 06, 2024 |