The Coode Street Podcast

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 with Hugo and World Fantasy Award-nominated writer and artist Kathleen Jennings to discuss reading and working in the time of the pandemic, the comfort of regency romances, illustrating The Tallow Wife, watching Hamish Macbeth, her new short novel Flyaway, and much more. Books mentioned include: Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer  Chalk by Paul Cornell Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Witchmark by C. L. Polk Alternate Routes by Tim Powers      

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. Ellen Datlow joins Gary to discuss her 40-year career, the longevity of earlier editors, her reasons for doing best-of-the-year anthologies and year-in-review essays, favorite writers like William Gibson and Jonathan Carroll, the recent Shirley Jackson biography, and the appeal of dark fiction. Books mentioned include: Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories edited by Ellen Datlow Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles edited by Ellen Datlow Edited By edited by Ellen Datlow Bathing the Lion by Jonathan Carroll Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll Flicker by Theodore Roszak Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson Worse Angels by Laird Barron The Deep by Alma Katsu The Hunger by Alma Katsu        

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 fires up Skype and call Dhaka in Bangladesh so he can talk to Saad Z. Hossain, the wonderful author of Escape from Baghad, Djinn City, and Locus Award nominee The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday about living and working in Dhaka at a time like this, the state of genre fiction, what he's been reading, his upcoming new novella Kundo Wakes Up and more. Books mentioned include: Djinn City by Saad Z. Hossain The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda Miles Cameron series The Novels of Jane Austen The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks    

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 a bit more than ten minutes talking to literary agent and editor DongWon Song of the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency -- whose newsletter Publishing is Hard is essential reading -- about publishing during the pandemic, coping with being an involuntary voluntary shut-in, what he's reading and working on, and much more. Books mentioned include: The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan Savage Legion by Matt Wallace The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit      

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 fires up Skype and points it towards Kolkata to talk to Lambda Award winner and Crawford, Otherwise, and Shirley Jackson nominee Indrapramit Das about getting through the Great and Terrible Pause, what books he is reading and recommends, and his new story, "Incarnate", which appears in Ann VanderMeer's Avatars Inc.  anthology. Books mentioned include: The Devourers by Indrapramit Das Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories edited by Ellen Datlow "The Mist" by Stephen King My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories by Gilbert Hernández    

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 Gary is joined by multiple award-winning author Nicola Griffith and they discuss the less-than-satisfactory challenges of the virtual cocktail party, the more satisfactory challenges of researching historical fiction and of reading Patrick O’Brian and others, the advantages of using genre as a set of tools rather than a container, her own So Lucky, her forthcoming sequel to Hild, and an exciting new as-yet-untitled book. Books mentioned include: Nicola Griffith, So Lucky Nicola Griffith, Hild Nicola Griffith, The Aud Torvingen mysteries Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunssøn: The Vow, translated by Tiina Nunnally Maggie Brookes, The Prisoner’s Wife Octavia Butler, Kindred Patrick O’Brian, The Aubrey/Maturin novels Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave Rosemary Sutcliffe, Sword at Sunset Mary Renault, Fire from Heaven Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising Sarah Waters, Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet Ellen Galford, Moll Cutpurse: Her True History      

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 sits down to chat with Aurealis and Ditmar Award-winning writer Lisa L. Hannett about reading, writing and life during lock-in, the joy and challenges of suddenly being home all the time, her brand new book, and much more. Books mentioned include: Songs for Dark Seasons by Lisa L. Hannett Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan Her Perilous Mansion by Sean Williams Network Effect by Martha Wells Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian The Ruth Galloway Novels by Elly Griffiths Galore by Michael Crummey      

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 joins Hugo and Nebula-winning author Terry Bisson to talk about historical fiction, R.A. Lafferty’s most important novel, James Salter, reading Shakespeare’s history plays, the Globe Theater, Cecelia Holland, The Blair Witch Project, Terry’s own classic short stories "Bears Discover Fire" and "They’re Made of Meat," and his brilliant but overlooked novel of the 1960s, Any Day Now. Books mentioned include: Any Day Now by Terry Bisson The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel Okla Hannali by R.A. Lafferty Last Night: Stories by James Salter      

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. World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Daryl Gregory comes on board for a discussion with Gary about how distracting the news can be from real work, reading manuscripts for blurbs or for friends, the new Lavie Tidhar novel, Island of Dr. Moreau movies, the virtues of Iain M. Banks, the occasional pleasures of locked-room murder mysteries, and Daryl’s own forthcoming but not yet titled novel. Books mentioned include: Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr    

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 fellow Locus reviewer and author Adrienne Martini, whose recent book on participating in local politics has gained sterling reviews and even a shout-out from Hillary Clinton. They discuss the importance of local politics, the fate of the famous explorer ship Erebus, and the appeal of Mary Robinette Kowal and Robert A. Heinlein. Books mentioned include: Somebody's Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Won't Save the Nation, But Your Name on a Local Ballot Can by Adrienne Martini Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin The Terror by Dan Simmons The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal Friday and the Lazarus Long novels by Robert A. Heinlein Books mentioned include: