Speculative Spaces Podcast

Our first in-person convention since lockdown, FantasyCon in Birmingham. Guests on this episode: Anna Smith Spark, Jim McLeod of Ginger Nuts of Horror, Guest of Honour Jen Williams, David Greene, Dion Winton-Polak, Tiffani Angus, Ida Silkyfish (aka Ida Keogh), Steve J Shaw of Black Shuck Books, and Georgie Knight talking about Sci-Fi London.

Part 2 of Fantasycon and we catch up with Michael Kelly of Undertow Publications, Priya Sharma, Georgina Bruce, David Thomas Moore, editor for Rebellion Publishing, Ruth EJ Booth, Tasha Suri, Cheryl Morgan of Wizard’s Tower, book blogger Runalong Womble, and Guest of Honour, Paul Tremblay. Many of our guests on this ep were nominees or […]

We were at the British Fantasy Society’s Fantasycon in Clydebank near Glasgow! We talked to some amazing authors, publishers, magazine editors, and many more. Guests include Noel Chidwick of Shoreline of Infinity, Robert S. Malan, author and editor of Luna Press Publishing, and Robert Shearman. We catch up with author Ryan Summerbell, Ann Landmann of […]

RJ Barker, author of the fantasy books The Bone Ships and The Wounded Kingdom trilogy talks to Speculative Spaces Podcast from his very antlered living room!

The last leg of our Worldcon roadtrip special! Interviews from Alasdair Stuart, a discussion on Clarion West experience with Ted Mahsun, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and a LOT of discussions about the Hugos!

More shenanigans from Heather and Beth as they immerse themselves in the experience of Worldcon! Plus interviews from Lottie and Nick of Aconyte Books (part of Asmodee Entertainment), Premee Mohamed, Jonathan L Howard, Zoe Sumra, Jo Lindsay Walton and many other super people!

Beth and her pal Heather Valentine share the experience of their first Worldcon! This roadtrip special is also filled with our usual awesome interviews. In Part 1, hear from Fonda Lee, Darcie Little Badger, Joanne Hall and Roz Clarke, and Anna Smith Spark, among other fascinating people.

I went to Cymera SFF book festival in Edinburgh and interviewed authors L.J. MacWhirter, Elizabeth May, Justin Lee Anderson, Cameron Johnston, Anna Stephens, S.J. Morden, R.J. Barker, and Micah Yongo!

Two BSFA winners! Sunday at Eastercon and we talked to Gareth L. Powell, fresh off the back of his win for best novel, also Tiffani Angus, Farah Mendlesohn, and Aliette de Bodard after her win for best non-fiction. The loud sound is the wind (and the occasional plane, bus, taxi…) but the second half is […]

Part 2 of Saturday at Eastercon – had to split the day over 2 files because there were so many! This is the second file where I interview Allen Stroud (author, reviewer, con organiser and more), and authors Tade Thompson, Anna Smith Spark, and Jeannette Ng!

Your round up from Saturday at Ytterbiumcon, the 70th Eastercon. I spoke to so many people of different parts of the writer’s community, at different stages in their careers and different challenges. Split into two files for size. The first file listen to Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ferdinand Page, John Jarrold, Mike Brooks. See the second file […]