Kate Beaton’s Life in Books, suspenseful summer reads you can’t miss, and more

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