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Author Chat: Aliette de Bodard

December 1, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Aliette de Bodard for a chat about her new book The Red Scholar’s Wake, books in translation, Vietnamese history and language, her Universe of Xuya series, worldbuilding, childbirth, sentient spaceships, sapphic romance, family, food as memory and much more.


About Aliette de Bodard:

Aliette de Bodard is the award-winning author of Fireheart Tiger, In the Vanishers’ Palace, the Obsidian and Blood series, the Dominion of the Fallen series, The Universe of Xuya series and more. As well, her short fiction has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Tor.com and numerous other publications. Aliette’s newest release is the novel The Red Scholar’s Wake, the latest addition to The Universe of Xuya series.


Find Aliette on Twitter, Patreon, her newsletter or her personal website.

This interview is also available to stream and download on the SFF Addicts podcast feed:

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Filed Under: Author Chat, Blog Posts, Book Tube, Interview Tagged With: Aliette de Bodard, Author Chat, Author Interview, Fireheart Tiger, Gollancz, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts, The Red Scholar's Wake, The Universe of Xuya

About Adrian M. Gibson

Adrian M. Gibson is an award-winning Canadian SFF author, podcaster, illustrator and tattoo artist. In 2021, he created the SFF Addicts podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow authors M. J. Kuhn and Greta Kelly. The three host in-depth interviews with an array of science fiction and fantasy authors, as well as writing masterclasses.

Mushroom Blues, the first book in The Hofmann Report series, is his debut novel.

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