Eco-fiction is a little gem that I believe is out of print. You can find a used copy on Amazon, Abe Books, and other places, or perhaps in your local used bookstore. I found mine at the prior-mentioned Olde Jolly Bookstore in Port Moody. This book was published in 1971 […]
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The World of Edena, Mœbius
Working closely with Moebius Productions in France, Dark Horse is putting the work of a master storyteller back in print–with some material in English for the first time! Stel and Atan are interstellar investigators trying to find a lost space station and its crew. When they discover the mythical paradise […]
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Author: © James Kraus Publication Date: June 2013 Ordering: Amazon Back to the Dragonfly Library James Kraus knows the woods from every perspective – as a source of Wonder, a source of Timber, and a source of Conflict. -Bill McKibben Excerpt 1 (from a dream) Sara and I were walking […]
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Kirk’s wife dies, asking with her last breath that he take photographs in Yosemite National Park to fulfill her lifelong dream. Confused and uncertain with Sara’s request, Kirk begins a reluctant journey, influenced by his love for Sara, his powerful encounters with nature, and the people he meets – learning […]
Read MoreThe Postman, David Brin
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin’s The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, […]
Read MoreInterview with Lorna Crozier, The Wild in You
Part XIII. Women Working in Nature and the Arts An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier has been acknowledged for her contributions to Canadian literature, her teaching and her mentoring with five honourary doctorates, most recently from McGill and Simon Fraser Universities. Her books have received numerous national […]
Read MoreInterview with Jeff VanderMeer, Southern Reach Trilogy
Jeff VanderMeer has been named the 2016-2017 Trias Writer-in-Residence for Hobart-William Smith College. His most recent fiction is the NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance) from FSG, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. The trilogy also prompted the New Yorker to call the author “the weird Thoreau” and has […]
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Author: © D.G. Driver Publication Date: February 2014 Series: Juniper Sawfeather Series Publisher: Fire and Ice Young Adult Books Ordering: Lulu, Kindle, Smashwords Social Media: Author’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Author’s website Back to the Dragonfly Library Excerpt from Chapter Seven The sun had risen and cast a beautiful golden glow […]
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Author: © D.G. Driver Publication Date: February 2014 Series: Juniper Sawfeather Series Awards: 2nd place in the YA category of the 2015 Green Book Festival for environmental themed books Publisher: Fire and Ice Young Adult Books Ordering: Lulu, Kindle, Smashwords Social Media: Author’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Author’s website Back to […]
Read MoreHope or High Water
Hope or High Water: The Voyage of a Lifetime and a Model for our Future Author: © Duncan Morrison Publication Date: March 28, 2016 Ordering: Amazon Social Media: Author’s Facebook, Our Blue Canoe Film Facebook, Pacific Voyager’s Facebook, Twitter, Author’s website Chapter Four – A Living Hell 13 July 11 […]
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From the author of Cry of the Sea a 2015 Green Book Festival for environmental themed books award winner. The mermaids she saved from the oil spill are long gone. There’s no evidence of them, and she’s been branded as a liar and a fake in the media and at […]
Read MoreThe Life of Elves, Muriel Barbery
There’s more to The Life of Elves than mere Hollywood fodder, for which abysmal writing too often mars bestsellers aimed at teens. This novel glows with finely crafted prose. Its luminous landscapes — environmental and psychological — lift it to the realm of literary fiction and the genre of magical […]
Read MoreMaya Greenwood Series, Starhawk
The Fifth Sacred Thing (part 1) An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads Walking to Mercury […]
Read MoreGods of Little Earth
Author: © J. Zornado Series: 2050: A Future History, Volume I Publisher: Merry Blacksmith Press Publication Date: November 28, 2014 Ordering: See publisher above or Amazon Social Media: J. Zornado Click here for Volume II This volume I is part of the 2050: A Future History series, which is a […]
Read MoreThe Power at the Bottom of the World
Author: © J. Zornado Series: 2050: A Future History, Volume II Publisher: Merry Blacksmith Press Publication Date: May 28, 2015 Ordering: See publisher above or Amazon Social Media: J. Zornado Escape from Bellerephon The gods plan, Simon laughs. —The Book of M I The desperate cry of a small voice […]
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