Episodes
Saturday Sep 19, 2020
Episode 520: Ten Minutes with Jeannette Ng
Saturday Sep 19, 2020
Saturday Sep 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.
Hugo, Astounding, and British Fantasy Award-winning Jeannette Ng joins Gary from northern England, discussing what it’s like to live near stands of ancient trees, learning to "read" the trees, the folklore and symbology of yew, hawthorn, and mistletoe, the advantages of reading manga on e-devices, and the rewards of reading Jasper Fforde and D&D-related manga.
Books mentioned include:
- Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
- The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History by Rian Thum
- The Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde
- Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
- The Delicious in Dungeon series by Ryuko Kui
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Episode 519: Ten Minutes with Stephanie Feldman
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 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.
Crawford Award winner Stephanie Feldman joins Gary to talk about the unexpected complexities of virtual Kindergarten; writing about young adult characters and their attraction to the unknown; the appeal of short fiction by Daphne Du Maurier, Joan Aiken, and Angela Carter; the rewards of reading nonfiction; and her recent story "The Staircase" (published in the July 2020 issue of F&SF).
Books mentioned include:
- The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
- My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- The Wolves Chronicles by Joan Aiken
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Episode 518: Ten Minutes with Andrea Stewart
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 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 chatting with exciting debut novelist Andrea Stewart about living and working through the pandemic, the pleasures of reading, exciting new books by Kerstin Hall, Megan O'Keefe, and Lisbeth Campbell, and her own book, The Bone Shard Daughter.
Books mentioned include:
- The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
- Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
- Inherit the Flame by Megan E. O'Keefe
- The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Episode 517: Ten Minutes with Jane Routley
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 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 is joined by Aurealis Award-winning writer Jane Routley and they chat about how Jane's coping with the Melbourne shutdown and with being an essential worker, enjoying and participating in the New Zealand Worldcon, reading the Hugo nominees, watching The Umbrella Academy, American Gods, Tales from the Loop, and lots more.
Books mentioned include:
- Shadow in the Empire of Light by Jane Routley
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and others
- Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge
- Fly Trap by Frances Hardinge
- A Memory of Empire by Arkady Martine
- Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Episode 516: Ten Minutes with Annalee Newitz
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 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.
Science journalist, novelist and Hugo Award-winning podcaster Annalee Newitz joins Jonathan to chat about living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area during the pandemic, the joys of modern science fiction, their novel-in-progress The Terraformers, and much more.
Books mentioned include:
- The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
- Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
- Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
- The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
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Monday Sep 14, 2020
Episode 515: Ten Minutes with Ellen Kushner
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 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.
Multiple award-winning author, editor, narrator, and radio personality Ellen Kushner chats with Gary about moving back to New York; ordering favorite children’s and YA books from independent bookstores; reading Edward Eager, E. Nesbit, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Joan Aiken; the brilliance of Frances Hardinge; group reading Shakespeare with friends online; the University of Glasgow’s new fantasy study center; and odd historical genres like “silver-fork novels.”
Books mentioned include:
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
- Night Birds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken
- Dido and Pa by Joan Aiken
- Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
- The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
- Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
- The True Queen by Zen Cho
- Silk & Steel: An Adventure Anthology of Queer SF&F with High Femmes & Dashing Women edited by Janine A. Southard (forthcoming)
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Episode 514: Alix E. Harrow and The Once and Future Witches
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
For the first time since way back in March when they chatted with N.K. Jemisin, Jonathan and Gary are joined by a guest.
This time the wonderful Alix E. Harrow, author of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy nominated The Ten Thousand Doors of January and the forthcoming The Once and Future Witches joins Jonathan and Gary to chat about reinventing fairy tale materials for the modern age, the recent resurgence of novels about witches, the difference between secret histories (as in her earlier novel) and alternate histories (as in the new one), using fantasy to address social and historical issues such as women’s suffrage, and her short fiction including "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies".
As always, our thanks to Alix for making time to join us, and we hope you enjoy the episode. We'll be back tomorrow with another episode of "Ten Minutes with..." and will see you back here in two weeks with another special guest!
Books mentioned include:
- The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (due Oct 15)
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Episode 513: Ten Minutes with Candas Jane Dorsey
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 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.
Multiple award-winning author, poet, and educator Candas Jane Dorsey talks with Gary about teaching writing online, how her communications students seem to be better motivated in recent years, the appeal of detective stories (which John Gardner included among "moral fictions"), why middle-aged women read Jack Reacher novels, and her own forthcoming series of mystery novels and forthcoming YA novel.
Books mentioned include:
- The Adventures of Isabel: An Epitome Apartments Mystery by Candas Jane Dorsey
- Ice and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey
- Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey
- A Paradigm of Earth by Candas Jane Dorsey
- Crimes and Survivors by Sarah Smith
- The Vanished Child by Sarah Smith
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsin Muir
- Harrow the Ninth by Tamsin Muir
- On Moral Fiction by John Gardner
- Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child