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Looking for your next great read? The Next Chapter’s got you covered! Book lovers join host Antonio Michael Downing to dive deep into great books. Big feelings, hot takes, enlightening conversations — you’ve never been in a book club like this before. It’s Canada’s book club, and everyone’s invited. So pull up a chair and join the conversation. New episodes every Saturday and Monday.
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What made The Tragically Hip Canada’s band?
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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How to avoid getting locked in an echo chamber
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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The author behind Lucky reveals how she helped cast Anya Taylor-Joy
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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Why storytellers come alive when food is on the table
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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What is the hardest part of translating a beloved novel?
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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Why Ernest Hemingway had a problem with Toronto
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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How an accidental police officer stumbled into a career as a mystery author
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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Spilling secrets and small-town adultery in The Shampoo Effect
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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Kid approved books they will actually want to read this Summer
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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What is the greatest Canadian novel of all time?
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Mystery solved: your summer reading list
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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The book that inspired Carley Fortune's writing career
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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The hidden connection between basketball and book nerds
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Why Ann Patchett thinks the secret to success might be lowering people's expectations
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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Get ready for the World Cup with these essential soccer books
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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After Heated Rivalry, what’s next for romance readers?
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The Montréal bookstore doing it like no other: Meet Joie de Livres
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The books that made David Chilton The Wealthy Barber
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May 30, 2026 |
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Heated Rivalry’s Nadine Bhabha’s It Girl book club
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May 25, 2026 |
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The books that made Andrew Phung fall in love with storytelling
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May 23, 2026 |
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How being a 'sickly child' made Wayne Johnston a better writer
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May 18, 2026 |
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How reading became the hottest fashion trend of 2026
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May 16, 2026 |
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Her uncles for worked for MI6, now she writes spy novels
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May 11, 2026 |
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How Elsie Silver became one of the biggest names in romance
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May 09, 2026 |
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Exploring the fear that turned women into “witches”
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May 04, 2026 |
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Reflecting on a year of fear with Stephen King
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May 02, 2026 |
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How this independent bookstore owner stocks their shelves
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Can reading be the first step to making real change?
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Dystopian apartment hunting and searching for a place to call home
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Travelling to the birthplace of Interview with the Vampire
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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A reality show where contestants win a trip ... to Mars?
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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What made Judy Blume’s books so popular? Reflecting on her illustrious career and new biography
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Does the Project Hail Mary adaptation do the novel justice?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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How Amanda Brugel manifested her role in The Handmaid’s Tale
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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The youngest Canada Reads contestant is now a Disney star: Here’s what she’s reading now
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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How iconic musician Tegan Quin plans to tackle Canada Reads
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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A look inside Canada’s prison book clubs
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The quiet terror of Foe: why Actor Josh Dela Cruz is bringing it to Canada Reads
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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This writer's mystery illness defied diagnosis for months - here's what she learned from the uncertainty
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Why Elle-Maija Tailfeathers says A Minor Chorus is the story Canada needs to hear right now
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Inside the Toronto Sceptres’ team book club
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Why Steve Dangle says this novel picked him for Canada Reads
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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What do fans of the novel Wuthering Heights make of the new adaptation?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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How Canada Reads is unleashing Morgann Book’s inner competitor
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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This Amazing Race winner’s latest challenge? Reading 50 books in a year
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Has hustle culture been lying to you?
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Are book bans actually effective in a digital age?
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Mychal the Librarian on his journey to internet stardom
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Why the internet loves this family owned bookstore
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Why fantasy novels offer much more than escapism
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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What makes older protagonists so compelling?
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Get to know CBC’s Winter Olympics host
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Celina ‘Spooky Boo’ Myers on writing the next great vampire novel
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Mother-daughter bonding? How about writing a novel together
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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What Libby Ward learned by being extremely honest on social media
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Canadian fiddle legend Natalie MacMaster shares her life in books
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Is it a red flag if your boyfriend has read Anna Karenina?
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Why Mark Critch is willing to fight for Canada
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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The 2025 Giller Prize finalists in conversation
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Watching Heated Rivalry? Here’s what the author wants you to know
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Getting to know Danger Eagle, the stunt performing penguin
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Why this Ginny and Georgia star loves reading
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Need a kid’s book for the holidays? Our panel has suggestions for all ages
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Are literary prizes a scam?
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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How Tolstoy and Dostoevsky shaped Canadian rapper Shad
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Flirting Lessons with Mirian Njoh
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Who is the wimpy kid behind Jeff Kinney’s iconic series?
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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What books drew Brendan Fraser to storytelling?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Taking a tour of Newfoundland with Alan Doyle
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Is the Canadian Booker winner worth reading?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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What might surprise you about Margaret Atwood’s new memoir
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Is food the closest thing to teleportation?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Why Anne of Green Gables is a superstar in Japan
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Nov 15, 2025 |