Articles by Mary Woodbury

Interstellar Review by Mary Woodbury

Interstellar is an epic science fiction film that, though reminiscent of classic earlier sci-fi such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, speculates on what happens after such modern crises as climate change, over-population, and food/crop failures have wrought foreseeable death to the human species on planet Earth. The focus is not […]

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#foodcrisis, Evan Fraser

Even though we catalog and promote fictional work, we include graphic novels due to their creative, imaginative, and artistic approach. Thanks to Evan Fraser for permissions to repost this graphic novel’s book cover and descriptions. #foodcrisis is a graphic novel, with a publication date of December 1, 2014; the book […]

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The Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad’s craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of […]

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The Dragon Keeper, Mindy Meija

A zookeeper fights to save the animal she loves, even as her own life crumbles around her… Mindy Mejia’s gripping debut novel highlights the perils of captivity and the astonishing ways in which animals evolve. Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads

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Short Story Contest Announcement

Yes, the short story contest presentation is here! Our short story contest multimedia presentation, combining over twenty selected climate change short stories and nature photographs from around the world, is presented here. To see more, join the discussion of the event in our amazing Google+ community. September 27 is 100,000 […]

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Write Naked, Peter Gould

A strikingly original debut novel that introduces two storytellers with different kinds of tales: one—in Victor’s unforgettable voice—a quirky, contemporary love story; the other—by Rose Anna—an ecological fantasy featuring a tiny heroic newt. Together, the teens explore the possibility of connections – to one another, the woods outside, and the […]

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Interview with Austin Aslan, The Islands at the End of the World

Austin Aslan’s The Islands at the End of the World is getting great reviews. In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their […]

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Who by Fire, Fred Stenson

Who by Fire is a powerful, passionate novel about the march of “progress” and the environments, families, and ways of life destroyed in its wake. See the Stalbert Gazette for more about this and other novels by Fred Stenson, who has written environmental fiction about oil and gas in Alberta […]

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Love in the Time of Climate Change, Brian Adams

While navigating the zaniness of teaching Casey leads a rag-tag bunch of climate activists, lusts after one of his students, and smokes a little too much pot. Quirky, socially awkward and adolescent- acting, our climate change obsessed hero muddles his way through saving the world while desperately searching for true […]

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The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi

Coming in the spring of 2015, The Water Knife is a story set in the American Southwest as the dwindling water supply from the Colorado River ignites unrest, a growing division of rich vs. poor, and the struggle for survival. See the New York Times for more on the acquisition […]

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Interview with Jennifer Harrington, Spirit Bear

Women Working in Nature and the Arts Mary of Eco-fiction talks with Jennifer Harrington, a Toronto-based illustrator, graphic designer, and author of children’s eco-books. Her book Spirit Bear is a wonderful fictional trek into the Great Bear Rainforest and is published by Eco Books 4 Kids. See the site for […]

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Agam, Various Authors

Thanks very much to Red Constantino, from the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities–publisher of the new book Agam: Filipino Narratives on Uncertainty and Climate Change–for permissions to excerpt the cover and other information about the book, and for providing assistance in finding out more about this amazing title. Blockquotes […]

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June 23-27, 2015 – ASLE 11th Beinnial Conference

Thanks to Prof. Dr. Serpil Oppermann, EASLCE, European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, and the Environment for the following news: November 15, 2014. Panel proposed for the ASLE Eleventh Biennial Conference, June 23-27, 2015, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. “What Lies Beneath ‘Cli-Fi’ Narratives? Climate Science, Climate Justice, […]

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A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley

A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear cast upon […]

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The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck

First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their […]

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