Gill Deacon is a writer, musician and a familiar voice on CBC. A few years ago she developed a debilitating illness that defied diagnosis for many months. In those long months of not knowing, she was forced to adjust to her relationship with uncertainty. Her new book is called A Love Affair with the Unknown: Leaning into the Uncertainty of Modern Life. She’ll talk about her journey, and recommend two similar titles. Plus, Karma Brown answers The Next Chapter’s version of the Proust Questionnaire.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

A Love Affair with the Unknown: Leaning into the Uncertainty of Modern Life

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

Mother is Watching by Karma Brown

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Filmmaker and actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and author Billy-Ray Belcourt are bringing rural Alberta authenticity to Canada Reads. Tailfeathers will be defending Belcourt’s novel A Minor Chorus. It follows a queer Indigenous doctoral student who steps away from his dissertation to write a novel, feeling caught between his childhood on the reservation, and the newest chapter of his life. They'll get into the upcoming debates, and why Tailfeathers believes this is the story Canada needs now more than ever.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

I am Woman by Lee Maracle

Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway

In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier

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Toronto Sceptres players Claire Dalton and Raygan Kirk share a love of reading, so they decided to start a team book club. They join the show to discuss how the club works, balancing meetings with a busy PWHL schedule and what they're currently reading. Plus, writer and critic Jason Guriel on what makes the perfect book blurb and Canadian legend Fefe Dobson shares which book has been inspiring her lately.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

The Secret Lives of Murderer's Wives by Elizabeth Arnott

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews

Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon

Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs by Annie Leibovitz and Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

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