Our Next Chapter

About Our Next Chapter

Join Matt and Andrea as they take on a new adventure—writing their first romance novel together! Our Next Chapter dives into love, life, and the challenges of authorship, with real talk, laughs, and plenty of heart. Whether you're a book lover, a writer, or just here for the journey, come be part of the story!

Publisher

Matt & Andrea

Category

arts · arts · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Feb 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Ch 52: Queen of Lombard Street Author Lisa Kleypas on Victorian Women, Money & a Bank of Their Own

   Lisa Kleypas has written romance for more than thirty years, and Queen of Lombard Street, out October 20 from Avon, is the first book she says she wrote purely for herself. Reina Martin is an economist in 1880 London who started out as nobody's child in the eyes of the law and wants to open a bank so other women can get ahead. We talk about the health scare that pushed Lisa to write the book of her heart, the household of paroled prisoners who took over the story, and the real women she rese...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Ch 51: Receipts from the Bookshop Author Katie Clapham on Bookshop Life, Odd Customers & Substack

   Every Friday, Katie Clapham writes down what happens in her bookshop as it happens and sends it out on Substack. Those diaries became Receipts from the Bookshop, out now from William Morrow. Katie tells us how she and her mum opened Storytellers, Inc. in Lytham St Annes in 2010, why readers now plan trips around a visit to the shop, and what a £16 day looks like from behind the till. She also prescribes books for an airport delay, a rainy cabin and a book club that wants a fight. Before that...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Ch 50: Cursed City Author Kate Golden on Baby All Day, Writing All Night & the Worst Cliffhanger Yet

   Kate Golden is back, and this time she brought a book and a baby...kind of. Cursed City, book two of the Harker Academy series, is out September 29. Kate tells us where Viv lands after the Half City cliffhanger, what it costs her to work alongside a demon she despises, and why she is telling readers to gird their loins before the ending. We also get into her first year as a full-time author, writing on a newborn's schedule, and reading reviews for fun. Then we play the Impossible Meet Cute...

Who has been a guest on Our Next Chapter

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Matt Dinniman
• Karen Dukess
• Kennedy Ryan
• Lucy Score
• Carley Fortune

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

145

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

88

Social presence

90

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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