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:

A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
Lionheart by Ben Kane
Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich
The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote
Journal of the Gun Years by Richard Matheson
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Episode 413: Ten Minutes with Joe Abercrombie