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 calling farthest Brisbane to talk to national treasure and author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles, Isobelle Carmody, about reading and writing during the pandemic, the creative challenges of writing, what she's been reading, and much, much more.

Books mentioned include:

Evermore by Isobelle Carmody
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins
The Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination by Ursula K. Le Guin

Episode 456: Ten Minutes with Isobelle Carmody