Sky Dance, John D. Burns
Full title: Sky Dance: Fighting for the Wild in the Scottish Highlands In his first two bestselling books, The Last … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Animals
Talking Animals, Joni Murphy
In this novel, at last, nature kvetches and grieves, while talking animals offer us a kind of solace in the … Continue reading →
Where the Oceans Hide their Dead, John Yunker
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to … Continue reading →
A Peculiar Peril, Jeff VanderMeer
Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion—a veritable cabinet of curiosities–once he and two schoolmates catalog its … Continue reading →
The Suicide Season, Jeremy Gadd
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Song for a Whale, Lynne Kelly
Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly Middle Grade Fiction Sometimes a book just stops you … Continue reading →
Split Tooth, Tanya Taqaq
This book is being read and discussed at the Cambridge Ecofiction Bookclub in January 2020. According to Goodreads, Veering back … Continue reading →
Tears of the Trufflepig, Fernando A. Flores
Near future. South Texas. Narcotics are legal and there’s a new contraband on the market: ancient Olmec artifacts, shrunken indigenous … Continue reading →
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk
Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (originally titled Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych). Man Booker International Prize Nominee (2019). Olga is also a … Continue reading →
She Would Be King, Wayétu Moore
Animals have inspired some of the most memorable moments in African storytelling. In 17th century Ethiopia, Galawdewos repeatedly relies on … Continue reading →