Podcasts about Speculative fiction

Ken Liu is a big name in science fiction. His latest novel All That We See or Seem takes place in a world that's not too different from ours. But in the book, AI is more embedded in day-to-day life and one character uses it to guide collective dream experiences. In today's episode, Liu speaks with NPR's Andrew Limbong about the novel's hacker protagonist, dreams as knowledge, and how human patterns influence technology.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Featured on Bonsdorffia: The Beat - by Mandy Monro Volare - by Steven Fritz - narrated by David Salvolaine Forecast - by Zary Fekete The Day Before the World Began - by Julie Wornan - narrated by Jeff Alphin Our Audio License AntipodeanSF Radio Show by Ion Newcombe is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Featured Music Pourpose by Andrew R Codeman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. La luna nello specchio by Parallel Dream is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. Future-Forward by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Creation is like that by Monplaisir is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. Intro & Outro Music Celestial Navigation by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License

Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 1:30p EDT/ 12:30p CDT/ 10:30a PDT as we continue the discussion of our favorite and or most memorable works of Black Speculative fiction, and the authors, actors, directors and other creatives who brought them to life.

Speculative Fiction and Sapphic Plots The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 326 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Historic “speculative fiction” as a context for neutral depictions of sapphic characters A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Send us a textAdventures in Unhistory is a literary journey into the strange, the mythical, and the half-forgotten—led by the genius of Avram Davidson and explored by Bob & Virgil. Each episode dives into Davidson's witty and erudite examinations of myths and legends: mermaids, dragons, werewolves, unicorns, the phoenix, Sinbad, Prester John, Aleister Crowley, and more. Davidson's essays, at once scholarly and playful, reveal the hidden roots of stories that have captivated humanity for centuries. Expect dazzling digressions, deep dives into ancient texts, and the kind of humor and erudition that make Davidson's work timeless. As Peter S. Beagle once said, his prose “cries out to be read aloud.” Bob & Virgil bring that spirit to life—part literary salon, part campfire storytelling, part detective hunt through history's margins. Whether you're a scholar, a fantasy fan, or just a curious traveler through the world's oldest mysteries, Adventures in Unhistory will entertain, educate, and make you wonder: what if the myths were true? #fantasyhistory #podcastcommunity #booktok #dragons #mermaids @worldfantacy

In the quake-shattered world's endless white, Erika unravels without Vince, cabin whispers turning to fractures under storm's fury. TJ's compound shadows deepen with Theresa's hidden illness confided to Susan; Serge's frustrations erupt, Margaret forges through Mr. Lee's pain fires, Virgis maps eastward for her spring chain-break.Fragile hope in the rebuild's white void—based on Sara F. Hathaway's Changing Earth novels! Visit https://www.changingearthseries.com to subscribe and snag swag! Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

Stories featured in this episode:Breathing Night by Laura Blackwell - https://www.pronouncedlahra.com -music by TSG - https://tsgmusic.bandcamp.com/  -read by the Jean-Paul Garnier -Care of Your Electric Sheep by F.J. Bergmann - https://fibitz.com/ -music by Oneirothopter -  read by the Jean-Paul Garnier -Skeletal by Elad Haber - https://eladhaber.com/ - music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -read by Jean-Paul Garnier -theme music by Dain Luscombe -Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA. -https://www.spacecowboybooks.com -https://ko-fi.com/spacecowboybooks7054

Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of three award-winning novels. The River Where Blood is Born won the American Library Association Black Caucus Award. Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him was an Essence Magazine Bestseller in Hardcover Fiction. Debut mystery novel, Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes won the Malice Minotaur Award for First Mystery. Her fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic works are widely published and produced, appearing in Midnight & Indigo, Aunt Chloe, Another Chicago Magazine, New Daughters of Africa, Adi Magazine, Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, About Place Journal, the Chicago Humanities Festival, Lifeline Theatre, and others. She also coedited the anthology Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks.Jackson-Opoku has scripted original and adapted works for stage and screen. Stage plays include the co-authored Indignant Women: A Conversation with Lorraine Hansberry and Gwendolyn Brooks, and the novel adaptation, Hungry Ghost Festival, a play with music. Her television screenplays have won the Circle of Confusion Writers Discovery Fellowship, and ranked in the quarterfinals of the Stage 32 Diversity Springboard, ScreenCraft Cinematic Prose, We Screenplay Diverse Voices, and M Lab Summer Shorts.Other professional recognition includes a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, an American Library Association Black Caucus Award, the Chicago Esteemed Artist Award, a Lifeline Theatre BIPOC Adaptation Showcase, the Globe Soup Story Award, a Plentitudes Journal Fiction Prize, a Circle of Confusion Writers Discovery Fellowship, the Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award, the Hearst Foundation James Baldwin Fellowship at MacDowell Arts, a Pushcart Prize nomination, the Casa África Purorrelato Prize, and the Chicago Sun-Times “Finding Chicago's Next Voices” Award, and the Travis Bogard Fellowship at the Eugene O'Neill Center at Tao.Sandra Jackson-Opoku taught literature and writing at the University of Miami, Columbia College Chicago, and Chicago State University. She presents workshops, readings, and literary events worldwide. Website: https://flowauthors.com/sandra-jackson-opokuhttps://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250351906/savvysummersandthesweetpotatocrimes/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.jacksonopokuInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjacksonopoku/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-jackson-opoku-81625617/Mentioned in the PodcastResearch on Cozies: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/ARG2021Report#Sandra%20Jackson-OpokuFrank London Brown, Trumbull ParkJewell Parker Rhodes, Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black AuthorsStoryknife Writers Retreat: https://storyknife.org/William F. Deeck Malice Domestic Grant: https://www.malicedomestic.net/grantCrime Writers of Color: https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/Queer Crime Writers: https://www.queercrimewriters.com/Every Fifth Reading Challenge: https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/everyfifth*****************About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sincworldwideInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincworldwide/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@sincworldwideBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincworldwide.bsky.socialTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincworldwideeTikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnationalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sisters-in-crime/The SinC Writers' Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Powerful AI boosters claim to love science fiction novels, but why do they always seem to take the wrong lessons from them? Reporter and writer Reo Eveleth joins us to discuss the ways tech leaders misuse storytelling, and how we can avoid their visions to imagine better futures.Reo Eveleth is a reporter, writer, and co-founder of COYOTE Media Collective. They created the hit independent show Flash Forward, which they also turned into a book of the same name. Reo's work has been nominated for a Peabody, an Emmy, and an Eisner Award.References:Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on RealHow New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AIAlso Referenced:Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “AI pause” letterFresh AI Hell:Stop Worrying About AI's Return on InvestmentThe most radical act of feminism? Using AILeader of Albania Pelted With Trash for Appointing AI-Powered Minister to CabinetThe Human Cost of Every ChatGPT Query: Inside the Cobalt Mines That Power AIAltman on "AGI" and quantum gravityOK Go - Impulse PurchaseCorrection: We misstated Lee Ostertag's name during the livestream for this episode. We apologize for the error!Check out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see.Our book, 'The AI Con,' is out now! Get your copy now.Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown. Follow us!Emily Bluesky: emilymbender.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Alex Bluesky: alexhanna.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@alex Twitter: @alexhanna Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.

Send us a textPerformed by David Pickering.  @davidpickering8483 Set in Avram Davidson's sly, Mitteleuropean corner of the map, this stand-alone performance brings Doctor Eszterhazy to life as he follows a trail from a humble sewing box to lurlies on the Vlox-Minor and a mystery tangled up with folklore, industry, and an undine's old grief. David Pickering's rich narration highlights Davidson's humor, history-deep worldbuilding, and the story's gentle twist on the “occult detective” tradition—no gore, just genius. Settle in for steam runabouts, button-makers, buckwheat anxieties, and Paracelsian whispers. Hashtags: #AvramDavidson #DoctorEszterhazy #OccultDetective #weirdfiction #historicalfantasy #speculativefiction #audiofiction #classicsfeature #fantasymystery #shortstory @LocusMagazine ​ 

It's Black Speculative Fiction month! Join the Blerdsassins Next Door at 1:30p EDT/ 12:30p CDT/ 10:30p PDT when we'll discuss our favorite Black Speculative Fiction in film, TV and literature.

The Blasters & Blades PodcastI've seen a lot of little flying robots these days, which we call drones. I call them #Skynet! Anyway, we had on some really cool people to talk about them and their role in speculative fiction! We had Jarret Keene, JF Holmes, JR Wise and Michael LaVoice on to talk nerdy with us on the topic of #drones in #specfic. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Today's Host:JR Handley (Author) (Grunt)We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way there is a linked Buy Me A Coffee site where you can do so. Just mention the podcast in the comments when you donate, and I'll keep the sacred bean water boiling!Support the Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AuthorJRHandley Our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/blastersandbladespodcast Today's SponsorOn Deadly Ground Anthology by Bayonet Books: https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Ground-Heroic-Bayonet-Anthology-ebook/dp/B09GL5CYY4Hammer of the Dogs by Jarret Keene: https://unpress.nevada.edu/9781647791278/hammer-of-the-dogs/Coffee Brand Coffee AffiliateSupport the Show: https://coffeebrandcoffee.com/?ref=y4GWASiVorJZDb10% Discount Code: PodcastGrunts What is a drone?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle Follow Jarret Keene on social mediaJarret's Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jarret-Keene/author/B001JOTUPWJarret's Website: https://www.jarretkeene.net/Jarret's Twitter: https://x.com/KeeneJarretJarret's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJarretKeene/Jarret's Publisher: https://darkwolfbooks.com/Follow John (JF) Holmes on social mediaJohn's Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/jfholmesJohn's Website: https://www.cannonpublishing.us/John's Twitter: https://x.com/J_Holmes_authorJohn's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/cannonpublishing/John's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/152942256727090Follow JR Wise on social mediaJR's Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0D8GDZZPZ JR's Website: https://www.jrwise.com/home JR's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewiseauthor/ JR's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewiseauthor/ JR's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewiseauthor JR's Substack: https://substack.com/@thewiseauthor Follow Michael LaVoice on social mediaMichael's Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/michaellavoiceMichael's Website: https://michaellavoice.com/Michael's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThatMichaelLaVoiceMichael's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@LaVoiceinyourheadMichael's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lavoice.in.your.hMichael's Substack: https://michaellavoice.substack.com/Michael's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/michaellavoiceFollow Cannon Publishing on social media Cannon's Website: https://www.cannonpublishing.us/ Cannon's Twitter: https://x.com/CannonPublishi1 Cannon's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cannonpubllc Cannon's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cannonpublishing/ Slaughterbots, DUST Drone Video: https://youtu.be/O-2tpwW0kmU?si=gFf2pulFEtAXEjcU #scifishenanigans #scifishenaniganspodcast #bbp #blastersandblades #blastersandbladespodcast #podcast #scifipodcast #fantasypodcast #scifi #fantasy #books #rpg #comics #fandom #literature #comedy #veteran #army #armyranger #ranger #scififan #redshirts #scifiworld #sciencefiction #scifidaily #scificoncept #podcastersofinstagram #scificons #podcastlife #podcastsofinstagram #scifibooks #awardwinningscifi #newepisode #podcastersofinstagram #podcastaddict #podcast #scifigeek #scifibook #sfv #scifivisionaries #firesidechat #chat #panel #fireside #religionquestion #coffee #tea #coffeeortea #CoffeeBrandCoffee #JRHandley #NickGarber #MadamStabby #JanaSBrown #JenaRey #OpalKingdomPress #JarretKeene #JFHolmes #CannonPublishing #JRWise #MichaelLaVoice #Drones #GHarryStein #Warbots #PhillipKDick #Slaughterbots #DUST #YouTube #UAV #UAS #UnmannedAerialVehicle #UnmannedAerialSystem #CyberCitySaga #Battlebots #DroneRacing

Nicholas Binge has lectured in creative writing, co-hosts the 'Binge Reading Book Club' podcast, and has just published his 4th book. It's called 'Extremity'.It follows up the success of 'Professor Everywhere', which won the Proverse Prize for Literature, 'Dissolution', and the bestselling, 'Ascension'. 'Extremity' is a time-travelling police procedural. It follows Julia Torgrimsen, brought out of retirement to investigate the murder of a billionaire she once worked with. When she finds the body... there's an identical one right next to it.We discuss how this book came to be a novella - does the idea dictate the form? Also, you can hear why he found it tricky becoming a full-time writer, why he always tries to celebrate the small wins, and about his winding path to publication.This episode is sponsored by IngramSpark. Try it now at ingramspark.com/learnmoreSupport the show at - patreon.com/writersroutineko-fi.com/writersroutineGet a copy of the book - uk.bookshop.org/shop/writersroutineGet the newsletter - writersroutine.substack.com@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nowhere to run! Erika leans on family loyalty as Vince's infection worsens in brutal snow. Cole ignites hope, TJ uncovers ally twists. Explosive drama hits hard—based on Sara F. Hathaway's Changing Earth novels! Visit https://www.changingearthseries.com to subscribe and snag swag! Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

Featured on Bondia: Big Salt - by Adam Cass - narrated by Chuck McKenzie Bin There, Done That - by Rick Kennett - narrated by Tim Borella The Quantum Road to Oz-9: A Cybernetic Revolt Against the Emerald Singularity - by Vincent Hooper - narrated by Sheyna Lam Our Audio License AntipodeanSF Radio Show by Ion Newcombe is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Featured Music Archaik UFO (ID 1660) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Pale Ghost by Shisd is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Not in Kansas by Mannlicher Carcano is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Intro & Outro Music Celestial Navigation by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License

This week on The Book Drop, we celebrate Black Speculative Fiction Month with a special guest from the House of Afros, Capes and Curls. This is The Book Drop.All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can be found here or by visiting omahalibrary.org/podcast.Happening at the Library: Stories After Dark | Friday, Oct. 3, 7 to 9 p.m. at Benson Branch Zine Workshop | Monday, Oct. 6, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Downtown BranchFreedom to Read: Screening of The Librarians and Dialogue on Censorship | Thursday, Oct. 9, 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Film Streams, Ruth Sokolof TheaterExplore all upcoming events at omahalibrary.org/events.

In episode #151 Veronica & Laurie explore alternate realities, world building and writing sci-fi with a panel of fantastic speculative fiction authors: Alistair Conwell, Clare Rhoden & Ishmael A. Soledad. Intro - 0:57Alistair Conwell Bio - 2:58Book Spotlight - Circadian Web by Alistair Conwell - 3:38Clare Rhoden Bio - 4:32Book Spotlight - The Chronicles of The Pale by Clare Rhoden - 6:26Ishmael A. Soledad Bio - 7:43Book Spotlight - Diathesis by Ishmael A. Soledad - 9:02How did you choose what to include in your fictional world - 11:05Does your fictional world reflect your own dreams/nightmares/passions? - 24:03What are you trying to reflect in your alternate reality? - 31:51What puts you in the mood for writing sci-fi? - 46:20Advice for new writers - 49:11Support the showThanks for listening.Visit australianbooklovers.com to learn more.

he Changing Earth Season 3, Episode 7, based on the gripping Changing Earth novels by Sara F. Hathaway! Erika Moore (Sara Hathaway) relies on her family's loyalty as Vince's infection worsens amid endless rain. Cole (Phil Rabalais) gains hope from a friend's call, while TJ Swenson (L. Douglas Hogan) is aided by loyal allies. This episode blends raw emotion and high-stakes suspense. Visit https://www.changingearthseries.com to become a subscriber and grab exclusive Changing Earth swag! Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

In episode three of season four, host Anjali Alappat sits down with writer, academic and documentary producer, Sami Ahmad Khan.  He is the author of Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia (2012), Aliens in Delhi (2017), and the monograph Star Warriors of the Modern Raj: Materiality, Mythology and Technology of Indian Science Fiction (2021).   Sami was shortlisted for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and his fiction has been the subject of formal academic research and a part of university syllabi in India and the US. His overview of Indian SF has been translated into Czech and his short story has been translated into Marathi. His creative and critical writings have appeared in leading academic journals (Science Fiction Studies, The Journal of Popular Culture, Foundation), university presses (MIT Press, University of Wales Press), and trade imprints (Gollancz, Hachette, Bloomsbury, Routledge, Rupa, Juggernaut, Niyogi). Sami is also the recipient of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship (University of Oslo, Norway), a Fulbright FLTA grant (University of Iowa, USA), and a UGC-MANF Senior Research Fellowship (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India). He currently discusses life and Science Fiction at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, where he teaches MA and PhD-level courses on SF, as well as supervises PhD research on Indian SF. In this episode, we discuss our love for pulpy science fiction, T-rexes, Black holes, and the Bermuda triangle, thought experiments, being a fan, genre conventions, and the future of Indian science fiction. You can follow Sami on X @SamiAhmadKhan Read Sami's Work: Books 1. Aliens in Delhi. Niyogi Books (2017) 2. Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia. Rupa & Co. (2012) 3. Star Warriors of the Modern Raj: Materiality, Mythology and Technology of Indian Science Fiction. University of Wales Press (2021) Edited Collection: 1. The Speculative Route: Futures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa. Routledge (2025, co-edited with Merve Tabur) Short fiction:   1. “Ancient Zombies: Six Indian Narratives of the Undead”. Sahitya Akademi's Indian Literature. Jan-Feb. 2024. 2. “Biryani Bagh”, The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction II. Hachette (2021) 3. “15004”, The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction. Gollancz (2019) 4. “PT Period”, Muse India (2016) Podcast: 1. The NeoMONSTERS Podcast Academic articles: 1. “Zombies and India: The neoMONSTERS Epidemiology”. The Journal of Popular Culture, 56(2). 341-355. (2023) 2. “Dom(e)inating India's Tomorrow(s)? Global Climate Change in Select Anglophonic Narratives”. Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research. 6(2). 25-37 (2019) 3. “The Others in India's Other Futures,” Science Fiction Studies. 43(3), Indian SF. 479-495 (2016)  4. “Gods of War Toke While Riding a Vimana: Hindu Gods in Three Indian Science Fiction Novels.” Journal of Science Fiction. 1(1) 17-31 (2016) 5. “Control+Alt+Delete Humanity” Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction. Ed. By Yoshinaga, Guynes and Canavan. MIT Press (2022)

Dive into The Changing Earth Season 3, Episode 6: Wounded, based on the gripping Changing Earth novels by Sara F. Hathaway! Erika Moore (Sara Hathaway) and her family battle rain, wounds, and relentless pursuers to survive. TJ Swenson (L. Douglas Hogan) pushes through failures with brutal determination, while Major Virgis (Phil Rabalais) perseveres despite obstacles. This episode delivers heart-wrenching drama and suspense. Visit https://www.changingearthseries.com to become a subscriber and grab exclusive Changing Earth swag! Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

Candace Kade joins PostConsumer Reports for a series of 2025 episodes to discuss her Hybrid books series, with the third book in her trilogy Augmented having just coming out in September. A speculative sci-fi set in a futuristic dystopia, the series centers on Urban, a young woman striving to find her identity in a world that sees her very existence as a threat (or at the very least, someone to be disposed of!). You can find out all about Candace's work at https://candacekade.com/ (where you can purchase signed copies!) or find her books at all the usual online spaces. This conversation centers primarily on book 1 in the series, Enhanced.

What happens when the ghosts you see are more reliable than the people you know?In this episode, Daisy Rockwell, the internationally acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning translator and author, takes us inside the unique world of her latest novel, Alice Sees Ghosts, a family story where a young woman sees her grandfather's ghost, who nudges her to unearth buried family secrets.Daisy shares how she began translating Hindi and Urdu literature and what inspired her to write her own fiction. She shared how she weaves history and the supernatural into a story that travels across continents and how she creates characters that are anything but ordinary.Plus, we get a look into her writing process, her upcoming projects, and how winning a major literary prize has changed her life.Tune in to experience a deep dive into family, ghosts and the beautifully unsettling way the past can haunt the present.Books mentioned in the episode: 1. Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree2. Mai by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Nita Kumar3. Taste by Daisy Rockwell4. Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Dr. Banu Mushtaq5. History's Angel by Anjum Hasan6. Falling Walls by Upendranath Ashk, translated by Daisy Rockwell7. A Gujarat Here, A Gujarat There by Krishna Sobti, translated by Daisy Rockwell8. Our Friend, Art (upcoming memoir by Daisy Rockwell)Movie mentioned in the episode: Frozen (2013)Upcoming Bound RetreatsImmersive, one-of-a-kind literary experiences that take writers into the heart of India's most breathtaking landscapes.Wanderlust Travel Writing Retreat in Chetinad | 16 - 21 September Whimsy Fiction Writing Retreat in Coonoor | 8 - 12 October Learn more: https://boundindia.com/retreats/ Apply to all retreats: http://bit.ly/44TzYpY ‘Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India's finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Listeners, you're about to slip through a portal to arrive at the 2025 Columbus Book Festival, where Megan Giddings, Ruben Reyes Jr., and Edward Underhill discussed the ins and outs of speculative fiction: why they write it, why they love it, and the challenges and opportunities the genre presents. We've got mysterious doors opening to unknown lands, alternate realties, time slips, and plenty of additional oddities, so step into that portal and don't you dare look back.   Megan Giddings, the author of the novels Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and, most recently, Meet Me at the Crossroads. Her story collection, Black Arts, is forthcoming in 2026. She is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota.   Ruben Reyes, Jr. is the author of the short story collection There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven and, most recently, the novel Archive of Unknown Universes. Originally from Southern California, he now lives in Brooklyn.   Edward Underhill is the author of the young adult novels Always the Almost, This Day Changes Everything, and In Case You Read This. His latest novel is his first for adults, The In-Between Bookstore. He grew up in Wisconsin and currently resides in California.   Page Count is produced by Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library. For full show notes and an edited transcript of this episode, visit the episode page. To get in touch, email ohiocenterforthebook@cpl.org (put “podcast” in the subject line) or follow us on Instagram or Facebook.

In episode three, we chat with Rashmi Devadasan, Rakesh Khanna, and R.T. Samuel, the brilliant minds behind The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, which has been making waves in the Indian speculative fiction scene.  Rashmi Devadasan is a writer with over twenty-five years of experience in indie publishing, Tamil feature films, and Indian English theatre. At Blaft, she has been part of the selection, editing, design and production of the company's fiction in translation, comic book anthologies, original fiction, and zines. She is the author of Kumari Loves a Monster, a picture book created with the artist Shyam. Her short stories were part of an anthology titled Strange Worlds! Strange Times! Amazing Sci-Fi Stories, published by Speaking Tiger. She is a fan of fungi, moss, lichen, cephalopods, and jellyfish. Rashmi also draws gentle, mostly cuboidal-shaped sample collector robots that do research on a cacti-covered asteroid. You can find Rashmi Devadasan on Instagram @kaimaurundai. Rakesh Khanna grew up in Berkeley, California, of mixed Punjabi and Anglo-American heritage. He co-founded Blaft Publications in Chennai with Rashmi Ruth Devadasan, who is also his wife, in 2008. The company publishes translations of Indian fiction, folklore, weird fiction, and graphic novels. Rakesh is the co-author of Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, the editor of Blaft's Tamil Pulp Fiction and Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthologies, and co-editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF. Sometimes he edits mathematics textbooks. He is interested in marine invertebrates, demonology, topological graph theory, and banging on things to see what they sound like. You can find Rakesh Khanna on Instagram @blaftpublications.  R.T. Samuel is an editor and independent cultural producer working between London and New Delhi. R is the co-editor of the collection, The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, helmed by a viral fundraiser that made it the second-most successful Indian publishing campaign in Kickstarter history. The book involved working with nearly 30 authors, translators and artists for close to two years, and features stories from more than six different languages and diverse mediums. From 2021-23, R was also the writer and broadcaster behind the hugely popular (20k plays and counting) underground political and cultural education podcast Clear Blue Skies S1. A lapsed investigative and culture journalist, R is currently pursuing an MSc in Anthropology and Professional Practice at University College London and is always happy to talk about 80s SFF, public radio, futures literacy and Indian hip-hop. You can find R.T. Samuel on Instagram @mithran.rt. In this episode, we discuss the lack of understanding around caste, what's missing from the Indian SFF scene, the challenges and thrills of putting together an expansive anthology, the importance of translated fiction, Enid Blyton's undeniable influence, and more.  Links to Rashmi Devadasan's work: Kumari Loves A Monster Links to Rakesh Khanna's work: Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India – Blaft Publications The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF – Blaft Publications The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction – Blaft Publications Links to R.T. Samuel's work: I Know My Own Animal Heart on Third Eye (Essay) As Long As The Image Lasts: Shaping Memory & Making Imprints At Peers '23 (Essay)  

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Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and two short story collections.  His novels include Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach, and he is the recipient of many awards including the Booker Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award. In this episode, McEwan sits down with author and journalist Alex Preston to discuss the enduring power of the novel, the challenges of writing climate fiction and his new book What We Can Know. What We Can Know is a work of speculative fiction set in 2119. It is a book about poetry, archives, rising sea levels and the plight of humanity in the vast natural world, and is available now online or in bookstores near you. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dive into The Changing Earth Season 3, Episode 5, based on the gripping Changing Earth novels by Sara F. Hathaway! Erika Moore (Sara Hathaway) and her family wrestle with trust, as Dexter and Star test their limits amidst danger. TJ Swenson (L. Douglas Hogan) faces a fall from his arrogant heights, while Major Virgis (Phil Rabalais) battles to save them despite skepticism. This episode delivers heart-wrenching drama and suspense. Visit https://www.changingearthseries.com to explore the novels, become a subscriber, and grab exclusive Changing Earth swag! Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

Stories featured in this episode:Perceptually Misaligned by Todd Sullivan - music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -read by the Jean-Paul Garnier -The Traffic Stop by Marie Vibbert - https://www.marievibbert.com/ -music by TSG - https://tsgmusic.bandcamp.com/ -read by Jean-Paul Garnier -theme music by Dain Luscombe -Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA. -https://www.spacecowboybooks.com -https://ko-fi.com/spacecowboybooks7054

Richards website: www.richardsparks.com.  Blue Sky: @richardsparks.bsky.social The book publisher: www.caezik.com Mentioned in this Episode: Don Bluth “Just say Yes!” https://donbluth.fandom.com/wiki/Just_Say_Yes!

Dive into The Changing Earth Season 3, Episode 4, based on the gripping Changing Earth novels by Sara F. Hathaway! Erika Moore leads her family through rugged terrain, battling soldiers and past traumas, with new allies at their side. TJ Swenson uncovers disloyalty in Chattanooga, while Major Virgis faces deadly hunters. This episode delivers heart-wrenching drama and suspense. Visit https://www.changingearthseries.com to become a subscriber, and grab exclusive Changing Earth swag! Follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

The Changing Earth Season 3, Episode 3 is here! Join Erika Moore (Sara Hathaway) as her family clings to hope on a mysterious ship adrift in poisoned waters, facing illness and intruders. TJ Swenson (L. Douglas Hogan) confronts internal conflicts and production woes, while Major Virgis (Phil Rabalais) battles for survival in a deadly trap. Packed with heart and high stakes, this episode is a must-listen. Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for more!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

We've got a special guest episode this week! Alex Temblador joins us to discuss writing characters who have a marginalized identity, her new book Writing an Identity Not Your Own, why it's important for writers to be aware of their biases, and more. Alex Temblador is the Mixed Latine award-winning author of Secrets of the Casa Rosada and Half Outlaw. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a contributor to Living Beyond Borders: Growing Up Mexican in America and Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology. Alex has taught creative writing seminars, workshops, and classes with the Women's Fiction Writers Association, WritingWorkshops.com, the Writer's League of Texas, and more, as well as spoken about diversity in the literary world with the Texas Library Association, Abydos Learning Conference, and at many other festivals, conferences, and universities. She is an award-winning travel, arts, and culture journalist who specializes in diversity, equity, and inclusion, publishing in the likes of Conde Nast Traveler, Outside, and Travel + Leisure, and speaking about such topics at SXSW, the Society of American Travel Writers, and the World Travel Market. Alex lives in Dallas, Texas, where she runs a literary panel series called LitTalk. Buy Alex's book Writing an Identity Not Your Own: A Guide for Creative Writers Check out her course on Writing An Identity Not Your Own: For Speculative Fiction Writers and get $40 off with code WRITINGPODCAST40 Follow her on IG @alex_temblador ----- - Click here for ways to work with me + a free character profile template: www.thekatiewolf.com/info   - The last Tuesday of the month is a Q&A episode! Submit your questions for me HERE and I'll answer them on the podcast.  - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katiewolfwrites - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiewolfwrites

What if you could be locked away simply for having disturbing dreams? That’s part of the premise in internationally acclaimed author Laila Lalami’s latest novel, The Dream Hotel. In this episode, Laila discusses the themes that inspired and eventually mirrored her book, along with her background in writing, her daily routine, writing tips and more. 00:00 Welcome04:50 Writing tip: Avoid clichés!07:58 WIN!: A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan09:35 Word of the week: ‘Apophenia’10:03 Writer in residence: Laila Lalami11:02 Laila outlines The Dream Hotel12:17 Speculative Fiction and real-world parallels14:20 The language of this near future world19:40 Dreams and their cultural significance21:58 Speculative Fiction and dreams as data22:50 Researching the novel27:17 The role of algorithms in society30:11 Laila’s journey to becoming a writer34:33 Balancing teaching and writing37:27 The challenges of book promotion39:20 Future writing projects40:59 Laila’s writing tips42:43 Final thoughts Read the show notes Connect with Valerie and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | ValerieKhoo.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Changing Earth Season 3 is your next audio obsession! Erika Moore (Sara Hathaway) leads her family through a toxic, post-apocalyptic world, evading feds and bounty hunters. TJ Swenson (L. Douglas Hogan) faces leadership trials and personal tragedy, while Major Virgis (Phil Rabalais) battles shadowy forces. Packed with suspense and heart, this season is a must-listen. Stream now at https://www.authorsarafhathaway.com/season-3 and follow @sarahathaway19 for updates!Get Prepared with Our Incredible Sponsors! Survival Bags, kits, gear www.limatangosurvival.comEMP Proof Shipping Containers www.fardaycontainers.comThe Prepper's Medical Handbook Build Your Medical Cache – Welcome PBN FamilyPack Fresh USA www.packfreshusa.comSupport PBN with a Donation https://bit.ly/3SICxEq

Chuck Tingle on Bury Your Gays and Writing to Prove Love is Real In this episode of Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate sits down with USA Today bestselling author Chuck Tingle to talk about his bold, thrilling, and deeply heartfelt latest novel, Bury Your Gays. Known for blending horror, romance, and satire with a fiercely human core, Chuck discusses the inspiration behind Bury Your Gays—a dark Hollywood tale that pits creativity and love against systemic erasure, corporate algorithms, and literal monsters. We dive into the meaning behind the story, the importance of representation in media, and Chuck's mission to prove that love is real even in the face of the void. If you're a fan of speculative fiction, queer storytelling, or just want to hear from one of the most unique voices in literature today, this conversation is not to be missed.  

You might remember Alicia Purdy's first interview quite a while ago...now she's back with some more incredible nudges from God.  She thought she was going this way; God said, "Nope!  You're going THAT way!"Scripture mentioned:Isaiah 51Ps 40:1-3Neh 8:10Ps 22:3Ps 16:11Isaiah 55:11Reach Out to Me:Website: www.dontignorethenudge.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/dontignorethenudgeIG: @dontignorethenudgepodcastPrivate FB group to WATCH interviews: www.dontignorethenudge.com/facebook__________________________________________________________________________________________Business/Personal Coaching with Cori:www.corifreeman.com(951) 923-2674Reach Out to Alicia Purdy:Book and Devotional Link: The Way of the Worshipper: https://thewayoftheworshipper.com/ (the books can be purchased here, and the devotional, journalism-style blog articles are all here as well) YouTube: Read the Bible in a Year: https://www.youtube.com/@thewayoftheworshipperMy brother's mission, "Heroes & Horses" https://heroesandhorses.org/Link to purchase "THEY" on hard copy or Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/THEY-Alicia-Purdy/dp/B0CR813N57?

Stories featured in this episode:Just Let Me Help by Tara Campbell - http://taracampbell.com -music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -read by the Jenna Hanchey -Jackpot God by Brandon Case - https://brandoncase.net/ -music by TSG - https://tsgmusic.bandcamp.com/ -read by Jean-Paul Garnier -theme music by Dain Luscombe -Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA. -https://www.spacecowboybooks.com -https://ko-fi.com/spacecowboybooks7054

In The Changing Earth: Twisted Fate (Episode 16), the Lone Survivor battles through a shattered world as FEMA camps tighten their grip and betrayals cut deep, a spark of rebellion ignites. Will the Savior of the Refugees rise to defy a corrupt system, or will fate twist her path to ruin? Perfect for fans of The Last of Us and Station Eleven, this audio drama delivers raw emotion and heart-pounding action. Listen now and join the fight.#audiodrama  #ChangingEarth #SurvivalStoryBased on The Changing Earth Series Novels, available at Amazon.com. Get your signed copies at ChangingEarthSeries.com.Get your  Changing Earth Gear at ChangingEarthSeries.comBecome a subscriber and help the Changing Earth world go around!Don't forget to leave a review or like and Subscribe

You might remember Alicia Purdy's first interview quite a while ago...now she's back with some more incredible nudges from God.  She thought she was going this way; God said, "Nope!  You're going THAT way!"Scripture mentioned:Isaiah 51Ps 40:1-3Neh 8:10Ps 22:3Ps 16:11Isaiah 55:11Reach Out to Me:Website: www.dontignorethenudge.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/dontignorethenudgeIG: @dontignorethenudgepodcastPrivate FB group to WATCH interviews: www.dontignorethenudge.com/facebook__________________________________________________________________________________________Business/Personal Coaching with Cori:www.corifreeman.com(951) 923-2674Reach Out to Alicia Purdy:Book and Devotional Link: The Way of the Worshipper: https://thewayoftheworshipper.com/ (the books can be purchased here, and the devotional, journalism-style blog articles are all here as well) YouTube: Read the Bible in a Year: https://www.youtube.com/@thewayoftheworshipperMy brother's mission, "Heroes & Horses" https://heroesandhorses.org/Link to purchase "THEY" on hard copy or Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/THEY-Alicia-Purdy/dp/B0CR813N57?

JOIN US TOMORROW Friday, August 8th, online for The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: Trans Childhoods and the Family Romance with M.E. O'Brien. Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queerness-of-psychoanalysis-trans-childhoods-and-the-family-romance-tickets-1503646018719?aff=oddtdtcreator August 17th join us for The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: Transitioning our theories and practices hosted by Liberate Mental Health: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6e376e9a-c1b0-4832-b07b-f38bb72c57c1@2e9f06b0-1669-4589-8789-10a06934dc61 https://www.instagram.com/liberatementalhealth/ August 21st, Eman Abdelhadi presents Writing Liberatory Futures: A Workshop for Speculative Fiction: https://www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/writing-liberatory-futures Then beginning September 13th, join me for An Introduction to Psychoanalysis! To enroll, simply become a paid subscriber to https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com Everyone who becomes a paid subscriber for RU Center for Psychoanalysis will be atomically registered for the event on The Queerness of Psychoanalysis on August 8th (and all upcoming events in The Queerness of Psychoanalysis series) and will be enrolled for my 12 month course An Introduction to Psychoanalysis, which will meet once a month beginning September 13th! More info here: https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/join-me-for-intro-to-psychoanalysis To celebrate, I've uploaded my previous discussions with M.E. O'Brien here to Substack! Check out: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/podcast RU337: MYRIAM SAUER, GRIFFIN HANSBURY, M.E. O'BRIEN & TOBIAS WIGGINS ON THE QUEERNESS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS RU274: M.E. O'BRIEN ON FAMILY ABOLITION: CAPITALISM & THE COMMUNIZING OF CARE RU210: M.E. O'BRIEN & EMAN ABDALHADI ON EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK COMMUNE, 2052–2072 RU73: NYC TRANS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT WITH MICHELLE O'BRIEN & NICO FUENTES Thank you for listening to the Rendering Unconscious Podcast and for reading the Rendering Unconscious anthologies. And thank you so much for supporting this work by being a paid subscriber at Substack. It makes my work possible. If you are so far a free subscriber, thanks to you too. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to gain access to all the material on the site, including all future and archival podcast episodes. https://renderingunconscious.substack.com Rendering Unconscious is also a book series! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry volumes 1:1 and 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024) available now! https://amzn.to/400QKR7 If you would like information about entering into psychoanalytic treatment with me or have other questions, please feel free to contact me via: vs [at] drvanessasinclair.net https://www.drvanessasinclair.net/contact/ Thank you.

Eric Rickstad is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Canaan Crime Series novels, which includes THE NAMES OF DEAD GIRLS, THE SILENT GIRLS, and LIE IN WAIT. REMOTE: THE FIVE is his latest novel. Spies, Lies, and Private Eyes is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers#writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #terrencemccauley #terrencemccauleybooks #bookouture #thrillers #TheTwilightTown #EricRickstad #TheFive

In the second part of our column about the alt-right and Speculative Fiction fandom, we discuss the right wing and fandom. Alan and Jordan discuss why nerds/geeks are easy pickings for the alt-right, neurodiversity, eugenics, how the right wing uses fandom, Sad Puppies, Robert Heinlien, and much more.

Author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor shares the books that helped shape her as a person and as a writer; explore the unknown with these speculative fiction recommendations; Danzy Senna opens up about her novel and GMA Book Club pick Colored Television; Nashlyn Lloyd on taking inspiration from The Creative Act by Rick Rubin; and the one book Jean Mills loves to re-read on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Aurat Durbar: Writings by Women of South Asian Origin edited by Fauzia RafiqueGod Loves Hair by Vivek ShrayaMullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras by Jonah BlankThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineInfinite Audition by Charlie PetchThe Creative Act by Rick RubenThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherAutopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renee LavoieThree by DA MishaniSee Now Then by Jamaica KinkaidHum by Helen PhillipsGirlfriend on Mars by Deborah WillisMoon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

This week, I got to talk with Cebo Campbell and MacKenzie Green about Cebo's speculative novel Sky Full of Elephants. We dive into his inspiration for the story, how he chose Charlie and Sidney as the characters to lead the story, and get a few details into the production of the Sky Full of Elephants movie!Sky Full of Elephants Synopsisn this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as they journey across a truly "post-racial" America in search of answers. One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charles Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he's now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn't even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old who watched her white mother and step-family drown themselves in the lake behind their house. Traumatized by the event, and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in Wisconsin. Desperate for help, she turns to the father she never met, a man she has always resented. Sidney and Charlie meet for the first time as they embark on a journey across America headed for Alabama, where Sidney believes she may still have some family left. But neither Sidney or Charlie is prepared for this new world and how they see themselves in it. When they enter the Kingdom of Alabama, everything Charlie and Sidney thought they knew about themselves, and the world, will be turned upside down. Brimming with heart and humor, Cebo Campbell's astonishing debut novel is about the power of community and connection, about healing and self-actualization, and a reckoning with what it means to be Black in America, in both their world and ours.Follow Cebo hereFollow MacKenzie here  Check Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackCheck Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and GregFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrian

Stories and poetry featured in this episode:Beautiful Game by Toshiya Kamei - music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -read by the Jenna Hanchey -I, Robot by Ali Trotta - https://www.alitrotta.com/ -music by Doctor Auxiliary - https://doctorauxiliary.bandcamp.com -read by Jean-Paul Garnier -Trip Through Eternity by James Machell - https://www.youtube.com/@Fell-Purpose -music by TSG - https://tsgmusic.bandcamp.com/ -read by Jean-Paul Garnier -theme music by Dain Luscombe -Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA. -https://www.spacecowboybooks.com -https://ko-fi.com/spacecowboybooks7054

This week, Steph and I talk about some our favorite books outside the thriller genre, since we've both been expanding our genres a little.Books We Talked AboutProject Hail MaryThe Road to Tender HeartsSky Full of ElephantsPS You're the WorstThe Three Lives of Cate KayThe Seven O'Clock ClubAn Academy for LiarsShy GirlThings Don't Break On Their OwnThe Book Club for Troublesome Women Check Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackCheck Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and GregFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrian

In these unfathomable moments, when the world seems to be falling apart—we often turn to stories for guidance. For the folks in Southern California earlier this year, that story was Parable of the Sower. Readers are returning to the book today because it shows us how speculation – and Afrofuturism in particular – can help us move through the world with our eyes open. Read a transcript of this episode on our website.Check out our booklist with titles from Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and more! Learn more about how you can help Octavia's Bookshelf in Altadena by supporting their Patreon. And, you can check out the Altadena Community Land Trust.If you're in California, check out Ode to ‘Dena: Black Artistic Legacies of Altadena,' an exhibit at the California African American Museum that features Nikki High and others.Listen to Octavia's Parables, a podcast from adrienne maree brown and Toshi Reagan that follows the Parable books, or Jessica Bethel's League of Extraordinary Readers podcast. You can also check out her virtual book club, Literature Noir, or Toshi Reagan's opera based on the Parable books.

“As my own mother is aging, she's telling me … before I take this to my grave, here is something you should know. So the secrets are coming out. And as more and more secrets are revealed, I'm learning more about myself.” - Ibi Zoboi Ibi Zoboi writes to remember—her own story, her family's legacy, and the long history of migration, myth, and memory that shaped them both. For Ibi, storytelling is a form of resistance and reclamation. It's how she makes sense of the secrets that shaped her life and gives voice to those left out of the narrative. A National Book Award finalist and the bestselling author of American Street, Pride, Star Child, and (S)Kin, Ibi's work blurs the line between folklore and futurism. In this episode, Stories Left Untold: Ibi Zoboi on Secrets Lost and Found, she opens up about growing up Haitian in 1980s Brooklyn, discovering a half-sister decades later, and finding her way to writing through soap operas, Stephen King, and the voices of women who came before her. She also shares how a Vodou ceremony in Brooklyn changed her relationship to her culture, why she always sought out elders and activists, and how she's still learning to push back against the pressure to fit a mold—on the page and off.Ibi's reading challenge, Haitian Creations, celebrates stories of migration and identity from first-generation and immigrant voices—stories that, like hers, speak to the truths we inherit and the ones we uncover for ourselves.Download Ibi's reading challenge at thereadingculturepod.com/ibi-zoboiAnd this week's Beanstack Featured Librarian is once again William Shaller, the librarian at Hoffman Middle School in Houston, Texas. This time, he shares how a surprise resurgence of Twilight led to an unforgettable moment of joy and connection in his school library.Show ChaptersChapter 1: Under The TableChapter 2: Danny BoyChapter 3: Two Thousand Suns Chapter 4: Brooklyn VodouChapter 5: GhostedChapter 6: Reading ChallengeChapter 7: Beanstack Featured LibrarianLinksThe Reading CultureThe Reading Culture Newsletter SignupFollow The Reading Culture on Instagram (for giveaways and bonus content)Ibi ZoboiIbi Zoboi InstagramTwo Thousand SeasonsBeanstack resources to build your community's reading cultureJordan Lloyd BookeyHost and Production CreditsHost: Jordan Lloyd BookeyProducers: Mel Webb and Lower Street MediaScript Editors: Josia Lamberto-Egan, Mel Webb, Jordan Lloyd Bookey