Bookends with Mattea Roach

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45 Episodes

  1. Alison McCreesh: Exploring the magic and nuance of life in the North in her latest graphic novel

    Published: 25/09/2024
  2. Aysegul Savas: Finding home in foreignness and capturing the uncertainty of early adulthood

    Published: 22/09/2024
  3. Sloane Crosley: Losing her best friend and sharing her grief with the world

    Published: 18/09/2024
  4. David Huebert: Exploring the complexity of our relationship with oil through fiction

    Published: 15/09/2024
  5. Heather O'Neill: How motherhood and artistry intersect in the bestselling writer's life and work

    Published: 11/09/2024
  6. Kaveh Akbar: Finding meaning in sobriety and writing his bestseller, Martyr!

    Published: 08/09/2024
  7. Introducing Bookends with Mattea Roach

    Published: 06/09/2024
  8. Madeleine Thien interviews Eleanor Wachtel on the final Writers & Company episode

    Published: 01/09/2024
  9. Ali Smith on ghost stories, activism and the cyclical nature of time

    Published: 25/08/2024
  10. Peter Eisenman on pushing the bounds of modern architecture and transforming influence

    Published: 18/08/2024
  11. Danzy Senna's darkly comic take on racial identity

    Published: 11/08/2024
  12. Francine du Plessix Gray on growing up the daughter of a great Russian beauty

    Published: 04/08/2024
  13. Prolific and daring author Joyce Carol Oates on her childhood, widowhood and concerns about American society

    Published: 28/07/2024
  14. Amitava Kumar on India, the U.S. and the indelible imprint of the immigrant experience

    Published: 21/07/2024
  15. Edna O'Brien: from Ireland's outcast to celebrated icon

    Published: 14/07/2024
  16. Laurie Anderson on language, story and losing her archives to Hurricane Sandy

    Published: 07/07/2024
  17. Tony Kushner on his evolution as a storyteller, from Angels in America to The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide

    Published: 30/06/2024
  18. Claire Messud on the stories and secrets of a French Algerian family in The Last Life

    Published: 23/06/2024
  19. Biographer Nicholas Murray reflects on Kafka's life — this month is the 100th anniversary of his death

    Published: 16/06/2024
  20. Jenny Erpenbeck, winner of the International Booker Prize 2024, on The End of Days and personal transformations

    Published: 09/06/2024

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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.