Episodes
Monday May 25, 2020
Episode 428: Ten Minutes with Corey J. White
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today Jonathan spends ten minutes with Aurealis Award-nominated debut novelist Corey J. White to discuss moving to Melbourne, reading Ralph Ellison, the Voidwitch Saga, optimism, cyberpunk and the future, and his recently released debut, Repo Virtual.
Books mentioned include:
- Repo Virtual by Corey J. White
- The Voidwitch Saga by Corey J. White
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People by Timothy Morton
- The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
Sunday May 24, 2020
Episode 427: Ten Minutes with Lois McMaster Bujold
Sunday May 24, 2020
Sunday May 24, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today Jonathan spends ten minutes or so talking with one of the most beloved writers in the history of science fiction and fantasy, Lois McMaster Bujold, about working and writing in these strange times, her semi-retirement and how she came to write and publish the Penric and Desdemona series, and much more.
Books mentioned include:
- The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona #8) by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Penric's Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Penric's Travels by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
- Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Saturday May 23, 2020
Episode 426: Ten Minutes with Ann VanderMeer
Saturday May 23, 2020
Saturday May 23, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today Jonathan takes ten minutes to talk to the bestselling, critically-acclaimed, and award-winning editor and anthologist Ann VanderMeer about working and reading in these difficult times, the joys of connecting with friends and family through distanced technology, and her own projects, Avatars.Inc and The Big Book of Modern Fantasy.
Books mentioned include:
- Avatars Inc edited by Ann VanderMeer
- The Big Book of Modern Fantasy edited by Ann Vandermeer and Jeff VanderMeer
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
- Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby
- Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
- The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
- Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston
Friday May 22, 2020
Episode 425: Ten Minutes with Jeremy Szal
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today Jonathan sits down to chat with debut novelist Jeremy Szal to talk about reading, writing, his admiration for Netflix's Tiger King, the fiction of Scott Lynch and Ian M. Banks, his debut novel Stormblood, and more.
Books mentioned include:
- Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Golden Son by Pierce Brown
- Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
- The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
- A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie (audiobook)
Thursday May 21, 2020
Episode 424: Ten Minutes with Eileen Gunn
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Nebula-winning author, editor, teacher, and workshop leader Eileen Gunn talks with Gary about the pleasures of researching old myths, legends, epics, and folktales, the skill of Julius Lester in retelling stories in a new voice originally popularized by Joel Chandler Harris, and how the lockdown can actually help to enhance your social life.
Books mentioned include:
- Questionable Practices: Stories by Eileen Gunn
- A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales by Julius Lester
- The Mahābhārata
- The Golden Bough by James Fraser
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Episode 423: Ten Minutes with Theodora Goss
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today Gary is joined by novelist, poet, scholar, and teacher Theodora Goss, whose trilogy The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, one of the more delightful fantasy series of the past few years, concluded last fall with The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl. We touch upon the story behind her narrative poem in The Book of Dragons, narrative poetry in general, the literature of monsters, relearning Hungarian, and the appeal of detective stories, Daphne Du Maurier, Shirley Jackson, Veronica Mars, and nature nonfiction.
Books mentioned include:
- The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club by Theodora Goss
- Snow White Learns Witchcraft by Theodora Goss
- Medusa's Daughters: Magic and Monstrosity from Women Writers of the Fin-de-Siécle edited by Theodora Goss
- Abigail by Magda Szabo
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Monster Theory Reader edited by Jeffrey Weinstock
- On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Episode 422: Ten Minutes with Robert Shearman
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Today Jonathan sits down to talk with World Fantasy Award-winning writer, poet, and playwright Robert Shearman about the joys and surprises of reading all one hundred and nineteen chapters of The Count of Monte Christo (including the bits with the opera and copious drug-taking); reading Peanuts and especially enjoying the bits before Snoopy becomes a total jerk; dealing with tragedy and grief through fiction; his incredible, quixotic and brilliant new book; and actually surviving in this Great and Terrible Pause.
Books mentioned include:
- We All Hear Stories in the Dark by Robert Shearman
- The Count of Monte Christo by Alexander Dumas
- The Complete Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
- Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
- The Complete Saki
Monday May 18, 2020
Episode 421: Ten Minutes with David Thomas Moore
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times.
Jonathan spends ten minutes or so chatting about living, working, and reading during this Great and Terrible Pause with Rebellion/Solaris Commissioning Editor David Thomas Moore (and a special guest who popped into the room for a little while) and they touch on some wonderful books and the challenges of the time.
Books mentioned include:
- Beyond the Empire by K.B. Wagers
- Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
- The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
- Beneath The Rising by Premee Mohamed
- Weave the Lightning by Cory L. Lee
- Made to Order edited by Jonathan Strahan
Special Guest's Bonus Recommendation
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling