The Next Chapter

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CBC Radio's The Next Chapter travels the country, conversing with authors and readers of all kinds. A new episode every Saturday.

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Recent Episodes
  • Does Sunrise on the Reaping stand up against the other Hunger Games books? Three Succession like family dramas, and more
    Apr 19, 2025 – 00:54:15
  • How to Share an Egg and her father’s story of resilience, navigating a tech-saturated world with Vass Bednar, and more
    Apr 12, 2025 – 00:52:56
  • Find out what books have held Terry O’Reilly ‘under their influence,’ three books for the restless wanderlusts, and more
    Apr 5, 2025 – 00:52:34
  • ‘Author whisperer’ Chelene Knight talks about her guide book for writers, David Giddens goes beyond stat lines with great sports reads, and more
    Mar 29, 2025 – 00:53:12
  • The Next Chapter’s book club discusses Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment, All Fours and other titles about women breaking out in midlife, and more
    Mar 22, 2025 – 00:51:42
  • What books shaped Zoe Whittall as a writer, why funny and serious books are almost never mutually exclusive, and more
    Mar 15, 2025 – 00:51:34
  • The endless possibilities of paper with Brian Francis, Conor Kerr’s favourite hilariously awkward short story collections, and more
    Mar 8, 2025 – 00:52:59
  • Shayla Stonechild shares an Ojibwa-Cree elder's message of healing with Canada Reads, Bridget Raymundo on Fourth Wing hype and romantasy reads, and more
    Mar 1, 2025 – 00:54:15
  • Heartland actor Michelle Morgan and author Emma Hooper talk Canada Reads, hip-hop and history in these music reads, and more
    Feb 22, 2025 – 00:51:37
  • Canada Reads duo Saïd M’Dahoma and Jamie Chai Yun Liew talk French pastries and Dandelion, rising Black Canadian writers to watch for in 2025, and more
    Feb 15, 2025 – 00:49:58
  • Canada Reads duo Maggie Mac Neil and Samantha M. Bailey discuss the power of Instagram sleuthing and Watch Out For Her, re-imagining The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in James by Percival Everett, and more
    Feb 8, 2025 – 00:52:11
  • Canada Reads duo Linwood Barclay and Wayne Johnston discuss Jennie's Boy and debate strategy, Ruth Chan reflects on what it was like moving from Toronto to Hong Kong as a teen, and more
    Feb 1, 2025 – 00:54:15
  • Examining Farzana Doctor’s life in books, navigating Hollywood in Danzy Senna’s cultural dark comedy, and more
    Jan 25, 2025 – 00:51:16
  • Minelle Mahtani on finding her voice while her mother was losing hers, books bringing hope into 2025 with Ryan B. Patrick, and more
    Jan 18, 2025 – 00:51:23
  • How to turn your midlife crisis into a major life event with Marian Keyes, what the internet was reading in 2024, and more
    Jan 10, 2025 – 00:50:45
  • Best books of the year, how to get your kids reading over the holidays, and more
    Dec 21, 2024 – 00:50:58
  • Ring in the holidays with these cookbook recommendations, haunting Christmas ghost stories with JJ Lee, and more
    Dec 14, 2024 – 00:51:20
  • Making the season suspenseful with Angela Misri and Sam Wiebe, how Amy Stuart ended up co-writing Mats Sundin’s memoir, and more
    Dec 7, 2024 – 00:51:36
  • Charlotte Gill reflects on growing up mixed race in her memoir Almost Brown, three modern books that echo the work of Lucy Maud Montgomery, and more
    Nov 30, 2024 – 00:50:31
  • Deborah Levy’s feast of observations on life and imagination, sisterhood and secrets in Pages of the Sea, and more
    Nov 23, 2024 – 00:50:25
  • Caroline Adderson on the quest for contentment in A Way to Be Happy; Rage and Moshpits in Hair for Men, and more
    Nov 16, 2024 – 00:46:37
  • Loghan Paylor on rewriting queerness back into history; fashion through the Eras, dissecting Taylor Swift’s style, and more
    Nov 9, 2024 – 00:48:53
  • Canadian horror mastermind Nick Cutter talks about his latest novel; how memory, nostalgia, and basketball intersect in There’s Always This Year, and more
    Nov 2, 2024 – 00:46:29
  • How one bad review ruined an author's career in The Haters, Robert J. Wiersema recommends three spooky reads for Halloween, and more
    Oct 26, 2024 – 00:50:24
Recent Reviews
  • Brat154
    The best
    Love this podcast,personal,insightful and always makes you want to buy another book.thanks! Shelagh is the best.
  • Flustered Hero
    :)
    Very cool program :)
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