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.

This time out, Jonathan calls up long-time friend of Coode Street, Ian McDonald, to talk about how current events are impacting reading and working, piracy at sea, research, romance, and his long-awaited (by Jonathan) next novel, Hopeland.  There might even have been a moment of congratulations for Ian's recent Hugo nomination for the Luna series!

Books mentioned include:

Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald

The Book of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition by Ursula K. Le Guin (art by Charles Vess)

The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina

Magical Women edited by Sukanya Venkatraghavan

Edge of Heaven by RB Kelly 

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.

Books mentioned include:

• Riverland by Fran Wilde

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.

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.

Books mentioned include:

The Wormwood Trilogy by Tade Thompson

Making Wolf by Tade Thompson

The Molly Southbourne series by Tade Thompson

Springtime in a Broken Mirror by Mario Benedetti

Mort Cinder by Héctor Oesterheld

El Eternauta by Héctor Oesterheld

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

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 favourite 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

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

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.

Books mentioned include:

• The Heart is a Mirror For Sinners & Other Stories by Angela Slatter

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 Jonathan spends ten minutes with Alex Irvine, award-winning author of A Scattering of Jades, One King, One Soldier, The Narrows, and Buyout and they discuss the pleasure of re-reading the crime novels of Elmore Leonard and Tristram Shandy, a biography of Blake, Salman Rushdie’s take on Quixote, and Alex's new short novel, Anthropocene Rag.

Books mentioned include:

• Anthropocene Rag by Alex Irvine

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.

Jonathan spends time with Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson Award nominee Tamsyn Muir to discuss the comfort of reading mystery novels, the pleasures of early Georgette Heyer, the delay to Harrow the Ninth and Tamsyn even sneaks in some information on new projects.

Books mentioned include:

• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir