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 Garth Nix, who talked about Hilary Mantel, Oliver Cromwell, and more. Garth's Angel Mage is out now and The Left-Handed Booksellers of London is due soon (though not soon enough for one unnamed Coode Streeter).

Books mentioned include:

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Angel Mage by Garth Nix

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

The Book of Dragons by Jonathan Strahan