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Episode 414: Ten Minutes with Elizabeth Hand

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.

The multi-talented Elizabeth Hand joins Gary for a discussion of writing in different genres and the good fortune of having readers who follow you from one to the other, the pleasures of returning to Tolkien or to classic ghost stories, the delights of the TV series The Detectorists, and her upcoming noir crime novel, The Book of Lamps and Banners.

Books mentioned include:

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Episode 413: Ten Minutes with Joe Abercrombie

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.

As the great and terrible pause grinds on Jonathan spends ten minutes or so talking to Joe Abercrombie about reading for research, Shelby Foote, westerns, some books he’s reading, and his own new books, A Little Hatred and The Trouble with Peace.

Books mentioned include:

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Episode 412: Ten Minutes with Michael Swanwick

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.

Another quiet afternoon, so Gary spends ten minutes with multiple Hugo-winning Michael Swanwick about Karl Schroeder, Roger Zelazny, Duke Ellington, collaborating with Gardner Dozois, and Michael’s own remarkable trilogy of genre-mixing stand-alone novels.

Books mentioned include:

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Episode 411: Ten Minutes with E Lily Yu

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.

Gary is joined by the wonderful Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy-nominated E. Lily Yu who chats about staying curious and involved during stressful times, being kind to yourself, her forthcoming novel On Fragile Waves, and, incidentally, setting blenders on fire and reading cookbooks as condensed narratives.

Books mentioned include:

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Episode 410: Ten Minutes with Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch

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.

Is ten minutes enough? Not when you’re talking to multiple award-winning, bestselling, and widely loved duo Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch who join Jonathan to discuss reading during The Great and Terrible Pause, the importance of supporting creators who are not assholes, the many adaptations of The Taking of Pelham 123, and more!

Books mentioned include:

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