 | Thursday, March 06, 2025 | |  | | | | Check out these Canadian memoirs, essay collections and more nonfiction titles publishing this spring! | | |  | | | | Pitbull, Scarface and a captive whale named Lolita seemingly don't have much in common, but in Jennine Capó Crucet's latest novel, Say Hello to My Little Friend, she manages to bring them all together in an ode to the magic of Miami.
The Miami-born author speaks about weaving pop culture into fiction on Bookends with Mattea Roach. | | |  | | | | Canadian writers Canisia Lubrin and Anne Fleming are among the five Canadian authors longlisted for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
The Carol Shields Prize awards $150,000 U.S. (approx. $215,944 Cdn) to a single work of fiction by a woman or non-binary writer. | | |  | | | | In A Two-Spirit Journey, Ma-Nee Chacaby, an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian who grew up in a remote northern Ontario community, tells the story of how she overcame experiences with abuse and alcohol addiction to become a counsellor and lead Thunder Bay's first gay pride parade.
Leading up to the Canada Reads 2025 debates, Chacaby and the book’s champion, Shayla Stonechild were joined by Ali Hassan on The Next Chapter to talk about what being two-spirit means to them. | | |  | | | | H. Nigel Thomas' latest novel, A Different Hurricane, is set on the lush Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It's about two young men, Gordon and Allen, who become secret lovers until society forces them apart.
Thomas discusses the story, partly drawn from his own young adulthood, on Bookends with Mattea Roach. | | |  | | | | Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and American author Miranda July are among the 16 authors longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Since 1996, the £30,000 prize (approx. $55,257 Cdn) annually celebrates the best novel written in English by a woman. Now in its 30th year, the prize seeks to highlight women writers and create a platform wherein they may be recognized in equal measure to their male peers. | | |  | | | | A talented visual producer, Toronto-based CBC Books producer Ashly July has always had an appreciation for the impact of combining the storytelling of both words and pictures through comics.
July is CBC Books’ resident graphic novel expert and he joins The Next Chapter’s Antonio Michael Downing to share three graphic memoirs that spoke to him. | | |  | | | | Korean Canadian writer Jinwoo Park rewrote his book five times before he arrived at the final product, Oxford Soju Club, a thrilling spy novel that touches on Korean immigrant experiences and intra-ethnic conflict and violence.
The novel will be released on Sept. 2, 2025 but you can read an excerpt now. | | |  | | | | Actor Michelle Morgan's appetite for books started with her love for theatre and the plays she read during school. She's especially captivated by stories that connect her to a historical moment, which is partly why she chose to champion Etta and Otto and Russell and James on Canada Reads 2025.
Ahead of the debates, the Heartland star shared six of the books that have made a big impact in her life. | | |  | | | | It’s been a little over a month since the release of Onyx Storm, the third novel in Rebecca Yarros’ romantasy series about a young woman at a dragon war college. The book went on to sell 2.7 million copies the first week of its release and top the New York Times bestseller list.
In response to the dragon-loving phenomenon, The Next Chapter brought in resident romantasy expert, Bridget Raymundo to discuss the internet and the publishing industry’s response to Fourth Wing, the pitfalls of the genre and three titles she recommends fans read next. | | | |
