Backyard Wildlife – Smelling like Dirt
Back to Series “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” ― Margaret Atwood I’ve begun my most recent … Read more
Mary Woodbury
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Climate and Ecological Films
Eco-fiction isn’t limited to just the written word. It can include films and even games. Check back often, as I will update this post when … Read more
Turning the Tide
Turning the Tide: The Youngest Generation New Spotlight Series Children’s bookshelf | YA/teen bookshelf | Book reviews | Spotlights | Resources and teacher links News: … Read more
The Devil’s Dictionary, Steven Kotler
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
World Eco-fiction Series
Welcome to the World Eco-fiction Series: Climate Change and Beyond. This spotlight series travels the planet exploring fictional stories close to natural landscapes and wildlife, … Read more
Wind, Ellen Dee Davidson
Wind Book Review Reviewed by Mary Woodbury Book information Author: Ellen Dee Davidson Publication date: February 1, 2022 Wind, by Ellen Dee Davidson, is a … Read more
Eco-Games
Thanks to so many wonderful game suggestions (primarily video games, but not all) from the Rewilding Our Stories community, we have a new eco-gaming section … Read more
The Impossible Resurrection of Grief, Octavia Cade
A chilling novella about extinction, grief, and what we hold onto when the world falls apart. With the collapse of ecosystems and the extinction of … Read more
Mad Honey, Katie Welch
Katie Welch reminds us that we are a very small part of a massive and complex non-human world and that, where we heed the lessons … Read more
The House of Drought, Dennis Mombauer
I’m eagerly awaiting The House of Drought, which comes this summer of 2022 from one of my favorite publishing houses, Stelliform Press: The House of … Read more
A House Between Earth and the Moon, Rebecca Scherm
A novel born out of speculation about climate change, this tale has the richest billionaire’s going to live on the moon while the rest suffer … Read more
Scattered All Over the Earth, Yoko Tawada
Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as “the land of sushi.” Hiruko, its former … Read more
Hovering, Rhett Davis
The Guardian calls Hovering a climate-collapse novel. A spectacular debut novel from one of Australia’s most exciting new writers. Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished … Read more
Pure Colour, Sheila Heti
Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, … Read more