Podcasts & Videos

I had the great pleasure of chatting with producer and host Ben Emmett on the Astronomy Ireland Radio Show.   We chatted mainly about The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth.

You can listen to the interview here.

While I was in Sharjah at the International Book Fair I recorded a piece for the BBC Scotland’s BBC Books Café about my favourite ‘Winter Read’.  I received a tweet saying that the piece had been edited and was to be included on  today’s programme but unfortunately, it never showed up.

So, having promised on twitter and facebook that the piece would be on, I thought it only fair to post the original audio file that I sent to them.

Maybe it will be broadcast next week?

Use the comments to tell me what you like to read in the deep dark depths of winter and, if you can’t see the full story already, click the ‘read more’ below the tags to see a transcript of audio, and my one-line reviews of the first three Dune books.

A few weeks ago I spent a very enjoyable afternoon and evening in Cambridge.  I gave a lecture about my career in science journalism to the BlueSci society at University of Cambridge.  That afternoon, I recorded an interview with them for their radio show, including a discussion of life on other worlds and The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth. Here is the interview for downloading or streaming.

On Monday I fly to Toronto to promote McArthur's publication of The Sky's Dark Labyrinth in Canada. The Dunlap Institute and the University of Toronto are generously hosting me for the first half of the week. In addition to holding a colloquium and discussion groups within the university, I will be delivering a 7 o'clock public talk on Tuesday 18th evening in the Isabel Bader Theatre. Then on Wednesday 19th evening I will be in the Runnymede public library at 7 o'clock, talking, reading and signing.

At the weekend, McArthur are flying me to Montreal to take part in the Sunday morning 23rd Paragraphe Books and Brunch event at Le Centre Sheraton. Before that, on the Saturday 22nd evening, I have been invited by the Montreal branch of the Royal Astronomical Association Canada to deliver an 8 o'clock talk at the Morgan Arborteum Visitors' Centre.

Having flown me back to Toronto  McArthur are taking me to various literary parties and events as part of Toronto's International Festival of Authors.

Details of all my events can be found on my Talks page. I look forward to meeting lots of literary Canadians.

I enjoyed talking to  Desiree Schell about The Sky's Dark Labyrinth for the Canadian radio show Skeptically Speaking.
The podcast will be available to download at 9 pm MT (GMT + 7) on Friday, October 14 (i.e Saturday in the UK) here