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Writer and musician Antonio Michael Downing hosting CBC Radio's The Next Chapter this fall
The new season starts on Sept. 7 and features interviews with Rose Sutherland, Attica Locke and Gurjinder Basran. The Next Chapter airs Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET with repeats on Mondays at 1 p.m. ET on CBC Radio, CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.
Radio The Next Chapter September 3, 2024
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The Next Chapter for March 1, 2025
Radio The Next Chapter February 28
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Canada Reads contenders Ma-Nee Chacaby and Shayla Stonechild discuss finding allies in Indigenous communities
Radio The Next Chapter March 1
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3 'dragon-fuelled' romantasy novels you need to read right now
Radio The Next Chapter March 1
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3 'must-read' graphic memoirs, according to CBC Books' comic book superfan Ashly July
Radio The Next Chapter March 1
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The Next Chapter for Feb. 22, 2025
Radio The Next Chapter February 21

Heartland's Michelle Morgan and Canada Reads author Emma Hooper bond over caring for people with dementia

Radio The Next Chapter February 21

3 books you should read set in Montreal

Radio The Next Chapter February 26

3 'must-read' books that all music lovers should check out

Radio The Next Chapter February 21

Why Toronto musician Nicky Lawrence loves Agent Josephine by Damien Lewis

Radio The Next Chapter February 21

The Next Chapter for Feb. 15, 2025

Radio The Next Chapter February 14

What ingredients make up a Canada Reads novel? Champion Saïd M'Dahoma and author Jamie Chai Yun Liew weigh in

Radio The Next Chapter February 14

4 Black Canadian writers to watch in 2025, according to book aficionados Ryan B. Patrick & Alicia Cox Thomson

Alicia Cox Thomson

Radio The Next Chapter February 17

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Joshua Whitehead recommends three books that centre queerness

Radio The Next Chapter February 17

Dylan Sinclair shares his favourite book and his musical G.O.A.T.

Radio The Next Chapter February 14

The Next Chapter for Feb. 8, 2025

Radio The Next Chapter February 7

Thriller writer Samantha M. Bailey sleuthed out Olympian Maggie Mac Neil as her Canada Reads champion

Radio The Next Chapter February 19

The Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins answers the Proust Questionnaire

Radio The Next Chapter February 7

Re-imagining The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in James by Percival Everett

Radio The Next Chapter February 7

How reading about the Saskatoon freezing deaths inspired Wiidaaseh's honest song writing

Radio The Next Chapter February 7

The Next Chapter for Feb. 1, 2025

Radio The Next Chapter January 31

Linwood Barclay and Wayne Johnston dish on Canada Reads strategy — and the magic of writing a life's story

Radio The Next Chapter February 3

3 'humanizing' books by Black authors that explore identity and belonging

Radio The Next Chapter February 3

Ruth Chan reflects on what it was like moving from Toronto to Hong Kong as a teen

Radio The Next Chapter February 3

The Next Chapter for Jan. 24, 2025

Radio The Next Chapter January 24

5 books that shaped author and activist Farzana Doctor

Radio The Next Chapter January 24

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