The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing
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Romance writer Joss Richard on defeating the sophomore slump
Nov 9, 202627 min
Mary Walsh embraces her inner 'aging crumpet'
Nov 7, 202624 min
How the new Lord of the Flies series stacks up against the original novel
Nov 2, 202627 min
The gender swapped Great Gatsby set in early 2000s Brooklyn
Oct 31, 202625 min
This Law and Order star shares her favourite crime books
Oct 26, 202628 min
Can science fiction save us from an A.I. apocalypse?
Oct 24, 202627 min
How Anne Carson helped bring this Toronto band's album to life
Oct 19, 202628 min
Why Gordon Korman never runs out of ideas
Oct 16, 202627 min
Why you should do good and expect nothing back
Oct 12, 202628 min
Can straight authors write books with gay protagonists?
Oct 10, 202627 min
Comparison kills: why ranking books can get problematic
Oct 5, 202627 min
How Junie B. Jones inspired Taylor Tomlinson’s comedy career
Oct 3, 202626 min
10 years since publishing Indigenous Writes, what’s changed?
Sep 28, 202628 min
Here’s what’s on our fall TBR list
Sep 26, 202625 min
What the stars of North of North are reading
Sep 21, 202628 min
Why we keep coming back to The Odyssey, 3000 years later
Sep 19, 202623 min
Kia Nurse shares what the Toronto Tempo is reading
Sep 14, 202628 min
What happens when 6 Canadian actors start a book club
Sep 12, 202627 min
These books introduced Will Ferguson to the world... and changed his life
Sep 5, 202626 min
What it’s like entering the spotlight after a career of ghostwriting
Aug 31, 202627 min
How far must we go to find our way home?
Aug 29, 202626 min
What made The Tragically Hip Canada’s band?
Aug 22, 202622 min
How to avoid getting locked in an echo chamber
Aug 15, 202624 min
The author behind Lucky reveals how she helped cast Anya Taylor-Joy
Aug 8, 202625 min
Why storytellers come alive when food is on the table
Aug 1, 202653 min
What is the hardest part of translating a beloved novel?
Jul 25, 202626 min
Why Ernest Hemingway had a problem with Toronto
Jul 18, 202626 min
How an accidental police officer stumbled into a career as a mystery author
Jul 11, 202627 min
Spilling secrets and small-town adultery in The Shampoo Effect
Jul 4, 202626 min
Kid approved books they will actually want to read this Summer
Jun 29, 202627 min
What is the greatest Canadian novel of all time?
Jun 27, 202625 min
Mystery solved: your summer reading list
Jun 22, 202627 min
The book that inspired Carley Fortune's writing career
Jun 20, 202624 min
The hidden connection between basketball and book nerds
Jun 15, 202626 min
Why Ann Patchett thinks the secret to success might be lowering people's expectations
Jun 13, 202626 min
Get ready for the World Cup with these essential soccer books
Jun 8, 202627 min
After Heated Rivalry, what’s next for romance readers?
Jun 6, 202625 min
The Montréal bookstore doing it like no other: Meet Joie de Livres
Jun 1, 202627 min
The books that made David Chilton The Wealthy Barber
May 30, 202624 min
Heated Rivalry’s Nadine Bhabha’s It Girl bookclub
May 25, 202627 min
The books that made Andrew Phung fall in love with storytelling
May 23, 202626 min
How being a 'sickly child' made Wayne Johnston a better writer
May 18, 202627 min
How reading became the hottest fashion trend of 2026
May 16, 202625 min
Her uncles for worked for MI6, now she writes spy novels
May 11, 202627 min
How Elise Silver became one of the biggest names in romance
May 9, 202626 min
Exploring the fear that turned women into “witches”
May 4, 202627 min
How this independent bookstore owner stocks their shelves
Apr 27, 202627 min
Can reading be the first step to making real change?
Apr 25, 202623 min
Dystopian apartment hunting and searching for a place to call home
Apr 20, 202627 min
Travelling to the birthplace of Interview with the Vampire
Apr 18, 202624 min