The end of the year is fast approaching, we’re behind on episodes and we’re keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we’re going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of some of this year’s best and most interesting books to join us for ten minutes or so to talk about what they’re reading now, their favourite holiday reads, what they had out this year, and what they’ve got coming out in the year ahead. It’s a Coode Street Advent Calendar if that’s your thing, or just a run-up to December 24 for book lovers.
Today’s guest is China Mieville. We chatted with China recently about Perdido Street Station, and today we get a chance to talk about what he’s got coming up.
In amongst the hurly burly of the end of the year and putting together the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Gary and Jonathan found time to sit down with long-time friend of the podcast (and most frequent guest!) Kij Johnson.
We last spoke when Kij’s most recent short story collection, The Privilege of the Happy Ending was published. Since then, Kij has been busy working on writing and developing role playing games, most notably the adaption of her fabulous novel The River Bank, which is out now in a gorgeous edition from Kobold Press with stunning art from Kathleen Jennings.
In addition to all that, we talked about books, reading, and for a good while, the nature of farce. As always, our thanks to Kij for making time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did recording it.
The end of the year is fast approaching, we’re behind on episodes and we’re keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we’re going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of some of this year’s best and most interesting books to join us for ten minutes or so to talk about what they’re reading now, their favourite holiday reads, what they had out this year, and what they’ve got coming out in the year ahead. It’s a Coode Street Advent Calendar if that’s your thing, or just a run-up to December 24 for book lovers.
Today’s guest is the wonderful Arkady Martine, whose Hugo nominated novella Rose/House is coming out in a brand new edition.
The end of the year is fast approaching, we’re behind on episodes and we’re keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we’re going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of some of this year’s best and most interesting books to join us for ten minutes or so to talk about what they’re reading now, their favourite holiday reads, what they had out this year, and what they’ve got coming out in the year ahead. It’s a Coode Street Advent Calendar if that’s your thing, or just a run-up to December 24 for book lovers.
To kick off the Advent Calendar, December 1st’s guest is the wonderful Nina Allan whose incredible novel A Granite Silence was released earlier this year.
2025 looked, on the surface of it, like a quiet year for me. Less Tordotcom work and no new anthologies. In truth, I completed three anthologies, and two that were scheduled for October are now coming out in 2026.
Still it was a year when I edited two Subterranean Press novellas, two Tordotcom novellas, ten short stories for Reactor and Subterranean, and acted as reviews editor for Locus for the 23rd consecutive year. As a podcaster, I co-hosted and produced all of the 2025 episodes of The Coode Street Podcast.
Fiction edited in 2025
Novellas
The Orb of Corraido, Katherine Addison, Subterranean Press, 2025
