Mystery solved: your summer reading list
The Next Chapter’s mystery panel is back with their summer round-up. Two mystery writers, Angela Misri and Sam Wiebe have hand selected thei...
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20 of 65 episodesThe book that inspired Carley Fortune's writing career
Carley Fortune is one of the biggest names in contemporary romance. This year, two of her hit novels are being adapted into TV series, and h...
The hidden connection between basketball and book nerds
The Toronto Tempo recently became Canada's first WNBA team. If you, like many others, are considering checking out the action, our in-house...
Why Ann Patchett thinks the secret to success might be lowering people's expectations
Ann Patchett has written many celebrated books: Bel Canto, The Dutch House, State of Wonder. Her new book, Whistler, is another in her line-...
Get ready for the World Cup with these essential soccer books
As Canada prepares for its upcoming World Cup games, writer, musician and sports enthusiast Dave Bidini joins the show to help get you in th...
After Heated Rivalry, what’s next for romance readers?
Readers are still in love with romance. The genre has become the engine behind the publishing industry, and Heated Rivalry shifted things in...
The Montréal bookstore doing it like no other: Meet Joie de Livres
If there ever was a bookstore that lived up to its name, it’s Joie de Livres in Montréal. From its shelves of romance and fantasy, to its co...
The books that made David Chilton The Wealthy Barber
Before he ever joined the cast of Dragons’ Den, David Chilton wrote the incredibly successful financial book The Wealthy Barber. His advice...
Heated Rivalry’s Nadine Bhabha’s It Girl book club
Nadine Bhabha wears many hats. Poet, comedy writer, actor and avid reader. She’s been in hit shows like Heated Rivalry and Letterkenny, work...
The books that made Andrew Phung fall in love with storytelling
Andrew Phung is a comedian, writer and an actor. He’s probably best known for the five years he played Kimchee on Kim’s Convenience, and fro...
How being a 'sickly child' made Wayne Johnston a better writer
Wayne Johnston is a master storyteller. He’s been writing books for forty years, with the history, politics and people of Newfoundland figur...
How reading became the hottest fashion trend of 2026
Gen Z has found a new favourite way to improve their outfit while simultaneously looking more intellectual. Add a book. Books have become on...
Her uncles for worked for MI6, now she writes spy novels
Iona Whishaw dreamed of being a writer since she was a child. It may have taken longer than she had expected, but by her mid sixties she had...
How Elise Silver became one of the biggest names in romance
Elsie Silver has become one of the most popular romance writers in the world. She's best known for her small town, slow burn romance novels,...
Exploring the fear that turned women into “witches”
When Jennifer Chevalier isn’t digging up the latest political scoop on The House on CBC Radio, she’s unearthing untold stories of women in h...
Reflecting on a year of fear with Stephen King
Caroline Bicks grew up reading and loving Stephen King's work. She never would have imagined that one day she'd be working alongside the Kin...
How this independent bookstore owner stocks their shelves
The last Saturday of April is Independent Bookstore Day. This week Carmela Vedar, the owner of The Book Wardrobe, joins the show to talk abo...
Can reading be the first step to making real change?
Kim Echlin doesn’t shy away from the hard stuff. She's an author, translator and teacher who has written about political unrest and violence...
Dystopian apartment hunting and searching for a place to call home
Graham Wright is a musician who spent almost twenty years playing keyboards in the band Tokyo Police Club, and has also done solo projects....
Travelling to the birthplace of Interview with the Vampire
Vampires not only don’t die, they never seem to go away. From ancient myths to modern stories, books and movies, the vampire sucks our atten...