Stereo, honey

I'm not normally one for podcasts, audio/video interviews, or really anything where I'm expected to take in information from audio content alone, but I've found myself enjoying the great wealth of offerings currently available in the wake of the pandemic. A lot of authors who would normally have been promoting their new publications with tours, face-to-face book launches and so on are having to be more creative, and the result has been a lot of fun, free events online. Whereas before I would have been unable to attend events that happened in the US (or even elsewhere in the UK — it's hard enough for me to get to a book launch in London), I'm now able to participate from the comfort of my living room.

I listened to a live chat between Tasha Suri and Rowenna Miller about historical fantasy two days ago, last night I watched SA Chakraborty on Instagram Live (this actually wasn't that good, because the person interviewing her was dreadful and didn't ask any interesting questions, but I appreciated the opportunity to hear about the Daevabad trilogy getting its own Netflix show!), and this morning I listened to Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about writing and language on the BBC. The latter probably would have happened, pandemic or not, but it was still delightful.

I'm not sure all this has turned me into an audio convert, but it's been a nice, diverting distraction.

Today's post's title is brought to you by one of my favourite songs, which just sounds like summer feels.

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