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Episode 20 of BookBanter features the first of the four interviews I did at the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose. In this episode, I had a chance to sit down and talk with bestselling Australian author Garth Nix. While Nix doesn’t have a new book due out until next March, with the final book in the Keys to the Kingdom series, Lord Sunday, he was a Guest of Honor at the convention and I was able to get him in the interview room for half an hour, sit him down, and get him talking about what he’s been working on, how he got started as a writer, the big news with the Old Kingdom books, what he likes to do in his spare time, what he thinks about long-distance traveling, and where he would live in the Old Kingdom.

Featured in the episode — after the interview — are my reviews for The Waking: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall, Flesh by Richard Layman, and The Box: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson. If you would like to purchase any of the books mentioned or preorder the new Garth Nix book, simply click on the covers below:

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I would once again like to thank Cheryl Morgan for getting me all set up at the World Fantasy Convention.

After enjoying this episode, why not check out the new BookBanter Blog, where you can find out what I was up to at the World Fantasy Convention and which panels I attended.

I’ll see you next time, on December 1st, where I’ll be interviewing author Ken Scholes, who currently has to two books out of his Psalms of Isaak series: Lamentation and Canticle.

Until then, keep reading!

Alex C. Telander.

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Welcome to the next episode of BookBanter, where I’ll be talking with bestselling author Christopher Golden.  Golden has written a number of books including The Myth Hunters, The Borderkind, The Boys Are Back in Town, including many others.  He has collaborated with the likes of Amber Benson and Mike Mignola.  He is also the coauthor (with Mike Lebbon) of the Hidden Cities series, the first being Mind the Gap.  The latest book, The Map of Moments, continues on in the Hidden Cities series taking readers to historic New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina.  So sit back and enjoy what Golden has to say about his new book, how he became a writer, some writing advice, and the various projects he has due out in the future.

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If you have an author you’d like to see interviewed on BookBanter, or have a question or comment about the podcast, drop me a line at alexctelander@gmail.com.

Otherwise, see you August 1st where I’ll be talking with bestselling author Douglas Preston, and we’ll be talking about his latest book coauthored with Lincoln Child, Cemetery Dance, as well as an interesting research plan his endeavoring for his next book.

Keep up on your reading!

Alex C. Telander.

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In episode 11 of BookBanter, listeners get to hear from the far north, as I interview multi-award-winning and bestselling Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer.  Sawyer is the author of many books, including the trilogy Hominids,  Humans, and Hybrids, as well as Flashforward (which is currently being made into a TV series), and the first book in his new trilogy, Wake.  I got a chance to talk with Robert J. Sawyer about how he first became a writer, what his writing process is like, where he got the idea and how he researched Wake, as well as the scoop on Flashforward being made into a TV series which will be airing in the fall.

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Thanks for  listening and see you next time, on July 15th, when I’ll be interviewing bestselling prolific author Christopher Golden, who has collaborated with a number of authors including Amber Benson, Mike Mignola, and Tim Lebbon on the Hidden Cities books.  We’ll be talking about his latest book with Lebbon, The Map of Moments, as well as other books he has coming out this year, and much more.

For now keep up on your reading!

Alex C. Telander.

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