Episode 456: Ten Minutes with Isobelle Carmody

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