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 Alastair Reynolds spends ten minutes talking with Jonathan about unexpectedly sunny weather in Wales, the challenges of focussing on reading and work at the moment, the immersive pleasures of diving into an enormous book by Neal Stephenson, and much more.

Books mentioned include:

Bone Silence by Alastair Reynolds

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene Wolfe

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Made to Order by Jonathan Strahan

Comet Weather by Liz Williams