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 or so calling up Orange Country, California to talk to World Fantasy and Philip K. Dick Award winner James P. Blaylock about reading and writing during these strange times, the allure of crime novels, what's up with Langdon St Ives, his new novel-in-progress, and a lot more.

Books mentioned include:

The Gobblin' Society by James P. Blaylock

River's Edge by James P. Blaylock

Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand

Freddy's Book by John Gardner

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

The Easy Rawlins Novels by Walter Mosely

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

City of Fallen Angels by Paul Buchanan