The Next Chapter

Shelagh: make them stop running the trailer for « Limited Capacity » 2-3 times during your show. It’s driving this listener insane!!! The actual show content is illuminating and often moving.

Ryan B. Patrick is not experienced enough to host this show. His radio voice is lacking any kind of enunciation and his volume dips down so low you often can’t hear him. He resorts to juvenile slang to praise authors and seems like an unprepared student trying to bluff his way through every assignment. Please don’t let the amazing legacy of The Next Chapter be ruined by a poor choice of new host. Shelagh Rodgers is truly irreplaceable, but there has to be someone who has more skill available than this.

I never miss an episode and often order the books based on your conversation. I just ordered The Theory of Crows. Your avid listener, Verla k

I’ve just driven from the Yukon to Saskatchewan and since radio reception is not possible through much of the northern portion (and I only listen to CBC), I put on The Next Chapter. Podcasts I’m glad I downloaded (though I didn’t remember I had!). Saved my tofu, I’ll tell you. So great, pleasing, intelligent, dignified, and literature-loving. The adverts, of course always two notches louder than what we really WANT to hear, are but a mild vexation (sound off, set timer to one minute). There are nice sound themes (such as that before the “Dog-Eared” feature), their version of the Proust questionnaire, a feature wherein a renowned international work is matched by a Canadian “similar” one. It’s a joy and a celebration. Whether you are a mystery junkie or into cookbooks, or la-di-da literary fiction only, you’ll love this if you like books. Me, I think my fave occasional shows is the kid lit panel.