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.

World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winner Daryl Gregory comes on board for a discussion with Gary about how distracting the news can be from real work, reading manuscripts for blurbs or for friends, the new Lavie Tidhar novel, Island of Dr. Moreau movies, the virtues of Iain M. Banks, the occasional pleasures of locked-room murder mysteries, and Daryl’s own forthcoming but not yet titled novel.

Books mentioned include:

Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory

By Force Alone by Lavie Tidhar

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks

The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr