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 this strange time.

Today, Gary spends ten minutes with Lavie Tidhar, the World Fantasy Award-winning author, discussing his current reading, what he’s looking forward to, and his own rather wonderful reinvention of Arthurian legends,By Force Alone, which was published in the UK last month and is due out this summer in the US (given the ongoing revisions of publishing schedules).

Books mentioned include

• Metropolis (and earlier Bernie Gunther mysteries) by Philip Kerr
• Assorted novels by Iain M. Banks
• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
• By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar
• A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar
• The Silence of the Wilting Skin by Tlotlo Tsamaase (recommended but not mentioned)

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 this strange time.

This time out, Gary spends ten minutes with Liz Williams. Her new novel, Comet Weather, is one of his favorite novels of this spring. They touch upon the traditions of British magical fiction dating back to Arthur Machen and discuss the work of  Robert Holdstock and Graham Joyce, while Liz makes the very good point that no one should be corona-shamed into spending their time reading Proust unless they really want to read Proust.

Books mentioned include:

• Comet Weather by Liz Williams
• Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country by Edward Parnell
• Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
• Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism by Liz Williams