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