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Would you like to hear me rattle on about book design? I did a guest spot on the Writing and Editing podcast with Jennia D’Lima, talking about what authors should consider when commissioning cover designs.

Remember the 2023 Chengdu Hugo Awards controversy? In this month’s episode of Wizards & Spaceships, whistleblower Diane Lacey spills the tea on what went wrong, who’s to blame, and how we can do better.

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Season 1, Episode 7: The Great 2023 Hugo Awards Controversy ft. Diane Lacey

Happy Halloween! To celebrate all that is spooky and monstrous, we’re joined by poet, novelist, and David’s other podcast co-host, Troy Harkin, to talk about the master of horror himself, Stephen King. Also cocaine.

Listen to The King of Horror here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

David and I interview Jordan S. Carroll, author of the upcoming book “Speculative Whiteness” on white supremacy and far-right extremism in sci-fi: https://wizardsandspaceships.ca/2024/09/15/speculative-whiteness/

Missed episodes? Catch up here, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://wizardsandspaceships.ca/episodes/

Here’s an interview I did with Maej author Dale Stromberg on my cover design process and spicy hot takes on cover design.

Check out my appearance on Benjamin Gorman’s amazing podcast, Writers Not Writing. We talk about the Second Greatest Art Feud Of All Time, a kinder internet, Whale Weekly, and much more!

A podcast episode! About Cascade! My awesome friend and cookbook co-author Zilla Novikov was on Beyond Cataclysm’s “This Book I Read…” talking up my book. Well, and also about the climate catastrophe, Brexit, and anarchist cooking. You should listen to it and then go back and listen to the rest of the episodes.

You can listen to the conversation here, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Hey, it’s the first official episode of Wizards & Spaceships, in which we discuss the enduring appeal of the Space Western, and I get messy post-colonial theory all over your Firefly nostalgia. You can check it out here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Like these books? You might like “The Dance: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction,” edited by Ira Nayman and featuring one of my new stories. Check out the list below!

Welcome to Wizards & Spaceships, a podcast that’s about both wizards and spaceships, featuring poet David L. Clink and novelist Rachel A. Rosen. In this episode, we introduce ourselves, talk about our favourite media, and explain why genre snobs need to get a lot less snobby. Do infodumps have a place in literature? Do all fantasy novels need to be a series? Grab a metaphorical drink with your newest nerdy friends and join us for our podcast launch.

You can listen on the website, or anywhere else you get podcasts!