Salon Futura (interview)

Talos

Dr. Maria Gerolemou is a Classicist based at the University of Exeter. One of her interests is in ancient automota. Here she talskto Cheryl about their joint fascination with the early origins of robots.

 

Direct download: MariaG.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 1:43pm PDT

WiFi SciFi

Cheryl talks to Anne Corlett and Kevlin Henney about the new, online convention, WiFi SciFi. How did it come to be? Has it worked for audiences? What problems have theyfound with online conferencing software?

Direct download: WiFiSciFi.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 9:21am PDT

Unjust Cause

In this interview Cheryl talks to Tate Hallaway, the mysterious, night-dwelling alter-ego of mild-mannered novelist, Lyda Morehouse. The conversation touches on Lyda's AngeLINK novels, Tate's work, and of course the newly released Unjust Cause.

Direct download: TateHallway.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 9:18am PDT

The Thief's Gamble

In this interview Cheryl talks to Juliet E. McKenna about the re-issue of her Tales of Einarinn series, back in print for the first time in years. Other topics discussed include free fiction for lockdown reading, book three in the Green Man series, and a potential River Kingdom novel.

Direct download: JulietMcKenna.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 12:37pm PDT

Kate Macdonald is the founder of Handheld Press, an innovative British small press specialising in recovering forgotten works by women writers. In this interview, first broadcast on Chery's Women's Outlook show on Ujima Radio, Kate talks about why she founded the company and some of her more successful projects.

 

Direct download: Kate_Macdonald.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 9:27am PDT

Rivers Solomon: photo credit Martha Levine

This interview was originally broadcast on the Women's Outlook show on Ujima Radio in August 2018. It mainly concerns the novella, The Deep, based on the clipping song of the same name.

Direct download: RiversSolomon.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 1:25pm PDT

Ellen Datlow

Ellen Datlow is a multi-award winning editor and is generally regarded as the top editor in horror short fiction.

This interview was recorded at the 2019 Eurocon, TitanCon, in Belfast. Cheryl talks to Ellen about a range of topics including how she got her start in the business, how the industry has changed since she started, what "best of the year" anthologies mean, and who is the only horror writer ever to have scared her.

Direct download: Ellen_Datlow.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 5:52am PDT

This is an interview that Cheryl did on her radio show back in September 2018. She talks to Anne Corlett about Anne's debut novel, The Space Between the Stars. The conversation covers the journey to getting published, reproductive rights, and disability rights.

 

Direct download: AnneCorlett-final.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 11:35am PDT

Regina Wang

This is an interview that Cheryl did with Chinese science fiction advocate, Regina Wang, while they were at Ă…con X in Mariehamn earlier this year.

Here are some links to things mentioned in the interview:

Direct download: Regina_final.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 9:34am PDT

How's Moving Castle

This interview with Farah Mendlesohn & Cathy Butler was recorded at BristolCon in 2018. We are releasing it now because the conference it refers to is taking place this coming weekend (August 9-11, 2019)

Direct download: Farah-Cathy_Final.mp3
Category:Interview -- posted at: 6:20am PDT