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 with Cory Doctorow talking about reading and writing in the time of pandemic, what a practical utopia might actually be, the utopian novel he's working on right now, what books he has coming out in the coming year, and the pleasures to be had from listening to Terry Pratchett books.

Books mentioned include:

Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow

Poesy the Monster Slayer by Cory Doctorow (art by Matt Rockefeller)

Little Brother & Homeland by Cory Doctorow

Afterland by Lauren Beukes

Or What You Will by Jo Walton

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

King Rat by James Clavell

Terry Pratchett audiobooks