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
Machina (Season 1) and Ninth Step Station (Season 2) by Fran Wilde & others
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp
Goldilocks by Lara Lam
Agency by William Gibson
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Anthropocene Rag by Alex Irvine
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
Sal & Gabi Fix the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan
Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton
The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck

Episode 387: Ten Minutes with Fran Wilde