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Indie Corner – Sharon Heath

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 12, 2023 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 15, 2023

Back to the Indie Corner series I am so thrilled to share a conversation with Sharon Heath, author of the The Fleur Trilogy (Thomas Jacob … Read more

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The Last Polar Bear, Dana Rodney

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 12, 2023 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 12, 2023

The Last Polar Bear is part wildlife adventure, part nature narrative, and a thought-provoking story of the Arctic’s last polar bear and the Inuit woman … Read more

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The Deluge, Stephen Markley

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 12, 2023 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 12, 2023

“This book is, simply put, a modern classic. If you read it, you’ll never forget it. Prophetic, terrifying, uplifting.” -Stephen King From the bestselling author … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Stephen Markley | Leave a reply

The Book of Rain, Thomas Wharton

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 12, 2023 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 12, 2023

A groundbreaking, deeply affecting work of environmental literary suspense for fans of Cloud Atlas, The Overstory, and Station Eleven.

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Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Crime/Detective, Fauna | Tagged Thomas Wharton | Leave a reply

The Rooftop Garden, Menaka Raman-Wilms

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 10, 2023 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 10, 2023

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

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Features, Mystery, World Eco-Fiction | Tagged Menaka Raman-Wilms | Leave a reply

The Last Animal, Ramona Ausubel

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 20, 2022 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2022

The Last Animal takes readers on a wild, entertaining, and refreshingly different kind of journey, one that explores the possibilities and perils of the human … Read more

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The Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 3, 2022 by Mary WoodburyDecember 3, 2022

Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Dystopian, Literary, Science Fiction | Tagged Lily Brooks-Dalton | Leave a reply

King of Hope, Kim Conklin

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 31, 2022 by Mary WoodburyOctober 31, 2022

In her debut novel, King of Hope, Michigan native Kim Conklin writes about a small community in southern Ontario facing the looming threat of environmental … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Historical | Tagged Kim Conklin | Leave a reply

Salt and Skin, Eliza Henry-Jones

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 31, 2022 by Mary WoodburyOctober 31, 2022

Drawing on records of the witch trials and folk tales of the northern isles, Salt and Skin is full of tenderness, magic, and yearning. It’s a … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Historical, Woman's | Tagged Eliza Henry-Jones | Leave a reply

Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 24, 2022 by Mary WoodburyOctober 24, 2022

A re-imagined Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield story, set in the Appalachian Mountains, this large book (over 600 pages) explores the life of a boy born … Read more

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In the Company of Men, Véronique Tadjo

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 15, 2022 by Mary WoodburySeptember 15, 2022

Two boys go hunting in a forest, shooting down bats and cooking them over an open fire. Within a month, they are dead, bodies ravaged … Read more

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Harvest Moon, Agam Agenda

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 15, 2022 by Mary WoodburySeptember 15, 2022

Harvest Moon is an anthology of loves and lives, of stories that thrive where borders and edges meet and where fates merge and collide like … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Essays, Fauna, Flora, Indigenous, Literary, Poetry/Prose, Short Stories | Tagged Agam Agenda | Leave a reply

Indie Corner – Arlene Mark

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 3, 2022 by Mary WoodburyOctober 31, 2022

Back to the Indie Corner series Arlene Mark’s The Year Without a Summer (August 2022, SparkPress) is a heartwarming and relevant novel for middle-grade and … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Contemporary, Indie Corner, Interviews, Spotlight, Spotlights-Youth, Turning the Tide, YA/Teen | Tagged Arlene Mark | Leave a reply

An Orchid Astronomy, Tasnuva Hayden

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on July 11, 2022 by Mary WoodburyJuly 11, 2022

Just out by University of Calgary Press (July 2022), this book is a collection of stories, written in experimental prose, about a woman named Sophie. … Read more

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My Days of Dark Green Euphoria, A.E. Copenhaver

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 29, 2022 by Mary WoodburyJune 29, 2022

Irreverent, witty, and provocative, My Days of Dark Green Euphoria—winner of the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature—is a satirical novel of how a life … Read more

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