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Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Stephanie Saulter joins the podcast this week to talk about her ®Evolution trilogy—Gemsigns, Binary, and Regeneration—writing about communities who are considered ‘the other’, and what the categories ‘exotic’ and ‘diaspora’ […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 30: Stephanie Saulter appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Middle Grade & YA writer and winner of the National Book Award, William Alexander joins Midnight in Karachi to talk about his fantasy novel Goblin Secrets, his SF […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 29: William Alexander appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Novelist, screenplay writer, comic book writer and Doctor Who fan Paul Cornell joins the podcast to talk about writing various forms, taking inspiration from his surroundings and his latest novella, […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 28: Paul Cornell appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Writer Zen Cho joins Mahvesh this week to talk about the effects of colonialism, finding your own voice and regency romance. Zen is the writer of Spirits Abroad and Sorcerer […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 27: Zen Cho appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Fantasy writer Kate Elliot talks to Mahvesh this week about how history and the present affects worldbuilding and how fiction can never be neutral. Episode 26: Kate Elliott (47:56)   […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 26: Kate Elliott appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week writer N.K. Jemisin joins the podcast to talk about ancient epics, having her first book rejected for not having a white cast of characters, the anger that fueled […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 25: N.K. Jemisin appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week writer Aliette de Bodard, writer of the Obsidian and Blood books and The House of Shattered Wings joins Mahvesh to talk about Aztecs, angels, making bread and having […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 24: Aliette de Bodard appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week’s guest on the podcast is Rebecca Levene, writer of Smiler’s Fair and The Hunter’s Kind. Here, she talks about worldbuilding without cultural appropriation, Once Upon a Time and […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 23: Rebecca Levene appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Writer and editor Jeff VanderMeer joins Mahvesh on the podcast this week to talk about editing anthologies, writing various forms of fiction, and his favourite owls. Midnight in Karachi, Episode […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 22: Jeff VanderMeer appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week on the podcast, Mahvesh speaks with writer Maria Dahvana Headley on writing short stories to release extra ideas, mixing genres in YA, writing uniforms of vintage ballgowns and […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 21: Maria Dahvana Headley appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. James Smythe joins Mahvesh on Midnight in Karachi this week, to talk about his new novel Way Down Dark, romance in YA, music and movies, before revealing the name of […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 20: James Smythe appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week, writer Daniel José Older joins Mahvesh to talk about urban fantasy, spiritual ancestry, diversity in fiction, questioning the power status quo and the deserving attention the cover for […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 19: Daniel José Older appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week, a writer with many names joins Mahvesh: Catherine Webb has written over a dozen books under her own name and as Kate Griffin and more recently as Claire […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 18: Catherine Webb appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week award winner writer of the Temeraire series Naomi Novik is on the podcast, talking about fanfic, dragons, both real and metaphorical and her much lauded new novel Uprooted—available […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 17: Naomi Novik appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week multi-award winning writer and NYT bestseller Paolo Bacigalupi talks to Mahvesh about his new book The Water Knife, climate change, writing thrillers with strong ideologies, and diversity. You […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 16: Paolo Bacigalupi appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Beloved writer of A Face Like Glass, Cuckoo Song and The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge is on the podcast today, talking about some of her award winning books, cheeses that […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 15: Frances Hardinge appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Mahvesh speaks to writer Sarah Lotz about horror, writing, her new novel Day Four, and the nature of fear. Midnight in Karachi, Episode 14 (19:38) Listen through your […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 14: Sarah Lotz appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week, World Fantasy Award winner Nnedi Okorafor joins Mahvesh to talk about writing for different age groups, Lagos, teaching to stay sane and stories that are powerful juju. Midnight […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 13: Nnedi Okorafor appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week, Clarke award winner Emily St. John Mandel joins Mahvesh to talk about Station Eleven, which bits of the apocalypse interest her, Shakespeare, and reading voraciously as a child. […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 12: Emily St. John Mandel appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. Genevieve Valentine is this week’s guest on Midnight in Karachi. She tells us about her recent novel Persona, writing DC’s Catwoman comics, Gotham, and her love for terrible TV. You […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 11: Genevieve Valentine appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. In this episode of Midnight in Karachi, Mahvesh speaks with writer Andrew Smith about learning from teenagers, whether YA can be too dark and a certain interview that created a […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 10: Andrew Smith and Musharraf Ali Farooqi appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Midnight in Karachi features the editors of the latest Jurassic London anthologies Jews versus Aliens and Jews versus Zombies. Rebecca Levene and Lavie Tidhar talk about how these […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 9: Rebecca Levene and Lavie Tidhar appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Midnight in Karachi features two interviews, with writers Kelly Link and Becky Chambers. Kelly talks to Mahvesh about her new collection, Get in Trouble, unique reading experiences, creative […] The post Midnight in Karachi Episode 8: Kelly Link and Becky Chambers appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week’s podcast features Monica Byrne, whose debut novel The Girl in the Road has been featured on a number of Best of 2014 lists and has just been nominated […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 7: Monica Byrne appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Mahvesh talks to Robert Sharp, author of the novella The Good Shabti about writing mummy stories and thrillers, jumping between time lines, the importance of literature in translation, […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 6: Robert Sharp appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This episode takes a break from its usual transmission to bring you a story called “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family” by Usman T Malik, as read by […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 5: “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family” by Usman T. Malik appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week’s guest is Adam Roberts—academic, critic and prolific writer with a number of pseudonyms and a couple of dozen novels. He’s been nominated for the Clarke Award three times […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 4: Adam Roberts appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Midnight in Karachi is back from winter break and featuring an interview with writer Megan Abbott, who has been called the Queen of Noir. Megan’s 7 novels include […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 3: Megan Abbott appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a bi-weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Mahvesh is joined by Patrick Ness, author of the Chaos Walking trilogy, A Monster Calls and More Than This. He’s the winner of two Carnegie Medals, a Guardian […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 2: Patrick Ness appeared first on Reactor.

Welcome to the first episode of Midnight in Karachi, a Tor.com podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. This week Mahvesh is joined by Audrey Niffenegger, known best for her massively successful debut novel The Time Traveler’s Wife. Together they talk about Audrey’s books, what […] The post Midnight in Karachi, Episode 1: Audrey Niffenegger appeared first on Reactor.