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CBC Bookends with Mattea Roach
Saturdays from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on KRPS HD-3 and Sundays from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on KRPS HD-1

Bookends with Mattea Roach is a CBC Radio show that features long-form interviews with authors. Mattea engages writers from Canada and around the world in smart, entertaining and thought-provoking conversations.

On Bookends, books are jumping-off points for wider explorations into the world at large: how we got here, where we're headed and what it means to be a person trying to figure it all out. These conversations will make you laugh, they'll make you cry and they'll take you places you've never been before.

You might recognize authors such as Louise Penny, Ian McEwan, R.F. Kuang, Ken Follett, Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Mona Awad, Chris Hadfield, Ocean Vuong, Emma Donoghue and many more. You'll also be introduced to emerging literary stars.

Mattea Roach is a former Jeopardy! champion — they went on a 23-game winning streak back in 2022. Of course, we know them better as one of the smartest, most careful readers we've ever met.