Full episode: June 15, 2019

In this week's episode of The Next Chapter, Shelagh Rogers talks to Sabina Khan on writing a YA novel about a Muslim teen who's out and proud, Linwood Barclay on why his spy dog middle-grade series was a middle-of-the-night idea, Zetta Elliott on why she had to decolonize her mind to write the children's book Dragons in a Bag and The Next Chapter book panel looks at 11 children's books to check out this summer.

Plus, Suzy MacLean from Woozles children's bookstore in Halifax shares three titles that her customers love, Dallas Hunt on writing his debut children's book Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock, Alice Kuipers on a fondness for reading and silly wordplay and musician Andrew Whiteman talks about the inspiring series of books he reads to his daughter.