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The Canadian memoirs our panel could not put down
Season 18 · Episode 9

The Canadian memoirs our panel could not put down

Antonio Michael Downing teaches our expert panel how to “maco," the Trini term for minding other people's business. Talia Kliot, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Nathan Maharaj convene to recommend their favourite Canadian memoirs. Plus, Winnipeg-based musician and emerging star Leith Ross talks about growing up as an avid reader and recommends a book that had a massive impact on their latest record.Books discussed on this week's show include:How to Share an Egg by Bonnie ReichertAll the Little Monsters by David A RobertsonSoft as Bones by Chyana Marie SageElseship: An Unrequited Affair by Tree AbrahamHow to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire CameronIt Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished: A Memoir of My Body by Kate GiesThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Next Chapter with Antonio Michael Downing · CBC

November 3, 202526m 43s

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Show Notes

Antonio Michael Downing teaches our expert panel how to “maco," the Trini term for minding other people's business. Talia Kliot, Kudakwashe Rutendo and Nathan Maharaj convene to recommend their favourite Canadian memoirs. Plus, Winnipeg-based musician and emerging star Leith Ross talks about growing up as an avid reader and recommends a book that had a massive impact on their latest record.


Books discussed on this week's show include:

How to Share an Egg by Bonnie Reichert

All the Little Monsters by David A Robertson

Soft as Bones by Chyana Marie Sage

Elseship: An Unrequited Affair by Tree Abraham

How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron

It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished: A Memoir of My Body by Kate Gies

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin