Ten minutes with… sees Coode Street presenters Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe talk to readers and book lovers from around the world about what they’re reading and what’s getting them through this strange time.
Today Gary talks to Fran Wilde, fresh off her nominations for a Hugo Award for her story “A Catalog of Storms” and a Lodestar Award for her novel Riverland. We talk a little about Riverland, what’s she’s currently reading (or re-reading, in some cases for her MFA classes at Western Colorado University), the value of poetry in times of stress, and her own forthcoming work.
Ten minutes with…Â 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.
For this episode, Tade Thompson takes time out from his much-appreciated and crucial hospital work to chat with Gary about his recent Hugo nomination for The Wormwood Trilogy, the current situation, what he’s reading and recommending, and a bit on what we can look forward to.
Ten minutes with…Â 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
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, isone 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.
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 Jonathan spends ten minutes with World Fantasy Award-winning author and editor Angela Slatter discussing challenging vs comfort reads in times of stress, graphic novels, John Connolly, and her brand new short story collection The Heart is a Mirror For Sinners & Other Stories.
