TOBi reads Jay-Z’s Decoded, Britta Badour’s debut poetry collection, Wires that Sputter, and David A. Robertson’s award-winning adult novel, The Theory of Crows, and more.

Jes Battis reincarnates the Knights of the Round Table in their queer fantasy novel The Winter Knight, an ambitious Toronto lawyer and a K-Pop star meet cute in Lily Chu's The Comeback, country music star Brett Kessel shares what he's reading to his kids, and more.

Alberta-born musician Lindsay Ell shares her bedside book, interviews with Tom Rachman and Stephen Marche, and more.

Liselle Sambury taps into the supernatural in her YA thriller Delicious Monsters; Sam Wiebe puts private investigator Dave Wakeland in the middle of a class war in Sunset and Jericho, Kathy Reichs, acclaimed author of the Bones series, answers the Proust Questionnaire, and more.

Discover the world of speculative fiction with exclusive interviews featuring best-selling authors Fonda Lee and Cherie Dimaline. Discover new and exciting reads from The Next Chapter speculative fiction panel — all that and more on today’s show.

2023 Polaris Music Prize finalist Begonia shares her favourite poetry collection. Feature interviews with award-winning author Ali Bryan, Schitt's Creek TV writer Monica Heisey, and more.

Canadian pop music phenom Scott Helman shares what he’s reading; our experts curate a juicy summer romance reading list; Rollie Pemberton, AKA rapper Cadence Weapon, shares his experience in the music industry in his memoir, Bedroom Rapper, and more.

Feature interviews with Canadian romance writer Carley Fortune and acclaimed Syrian-Canadian writer and LGBTQ activist Danny Ramadan. #TikTok star and past Canada Reads panellist Tasnim Geedi finds three books with social media buzz, and more.

Patrick deWitt on The Librarianist, musician Katie Tupper on Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Shelagh Rogers' interview with Jen Sookfong Lee about her memoir, Superfan, and more.

In her last show, host Shelagh Rogers talks to the Cree poet Louise Bernice Halfe Skydancer, is interviewed by mystery writer Louise Penny and holds a "super panel" with longtime columnists Donna Bailey Nurse, Antanas Sileika and Randy Boyagoda.