The Cape Breton author and illustrator shares what books have been the most influential to in her life as a person and creative; Angel Misri and Sam Wiebe join the mystery panel to give their recommendations; how Flara K finds songwriting inspiration in novels; and the romance writer who runs a cake shop on this episode of The Next Chapter.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson

The Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alistair MacLeod

1066 And All That by R.J. Yeatman and W.C. Sellar

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Bluenose Ghosts by Helen Creighton

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Contemplation of a Crime by Susan Juby

Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin

The Silent Film Star Murders by Melodie Campbell

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right by Walter Mosley

Fair Play by Louise Hegart

Dirty Little War by Dietrich Kalteis

Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

Brian Francis answers the question of what is a guilty pleasure and gives a book pick to match a few of his favourites; Mirian Njoh talks about Christian Allaire’s book and his journey from Nipissing First Nation to the pages of Vogue; Susan Swan, author of Big Girls Don’t Cry, answers the Proust Questionnaire; and Amanda Leduc on why her protagonists are talking coyotes on this episode of The Next Chapter.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

Big Girls Don’t Cry by Susan Swan

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

The Donut: A Canadian History by Steve Penfold

Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum

From the Rez to the Runway by Christian Allaire

Wild Life by Amanda Leduc

And Then She Fell by Alicia Eliott

Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findely

The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy

The Juno Award-winning musician thought he could write a book, so he did. In Try Hard, Max Kerman gets into the nuts and bolts of building a musical career; from a “Victorian Psycho” to a family of cannibals, Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist Arizona O’Neill shares her favourite horror titles; and three “must-read” historical novels about women artists on this episode of The Next Chapter.