751. Karen Lord (a.k.a. Captain Civilization) — The Blue, Beautiful World
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-751-karen-lord/SandF_751_KarenLord.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSPop stars, embargoes, and first contact, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien are joined by the wonderful Karen Lord to discuss her latest novel, The Blue, Beautiful World. Together, they explore the novel’s treatment of violence and culture, alien conspiracies and colonialism, Shakespeare and the art of writing, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
Interview: Suyi Davies Okungbowa, by Tonya Moore
“If anyone wants to know what my work is, I’d say, you may come into my work through one door but you will always have multiple doors from which to exit and also re-enter.” — Suyi Davis Okungbowa
749. Eden Royce (a.k.a. The Crab Whisperer) — Conjure Island
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-749-eden-royce/SandF_749_Eden_Royce.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSGrief, alligators, and brooms, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink are joined again by the wonderful Eden Royce to discuss her latest novel, Conjure Island! Together, they explore Eden’s approach to writing novels for kids, the task of developing magic and magic schools from a different cultural tradition, themes of grief and discovery, and so much more. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
747. Wole Talabi (a.k.a. The Dreamer) — Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-747-wole-talabi/SandF_747_WoleTalabi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMuseums, heists, and nightmare gods, oh my! Shaun Duke and Trish Matson are joined by the brilliant Wole Talabi to discuss his novel, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon! Together, they discuss Wole’s approach to storytelling, just what a heist in a famous museum means, the task of writing gods with complex views of the world, influences, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
Interview: S.L. Huang (The Water Outlaws), by Daniel P. Haeusser & Paul Weimer
We are pleased to have this interview on the Skiffy & Fanty blog with S.L. Huang about their newly released novel The Water Outlaws, out now from TorDotCom in the US and Solaris in the UK.
743. Shakirah Bourne (a.k.a. Master of Possibilities) — Nightmare Island (2023)
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-743-shakirah-bourne/SandF_743_Shakirah_Bourne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMovie scores, weird doctors, and Douen, oh my! Shaun Duke is joined the profoundly wonderful Shakirah Bourne to talk about her new middle grade novel, Nightmare Island! Together, they discuss Shakirah’s approach to writing scary stories, incorporating history and folklore in Nightmare Island, and exploring the role of music and sound in our understanding of what makes people, well, people. Plus, there’s much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!