“Green Stories” prize winner Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism follows the path of Grace Chan, born in Penang, Malaysia. She has experienced the dire consequences of climate change personally and is taking action borne both of hope and desperation. Fairhaven opens in 2036 as Grace is days away […]
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Click here to return to the series This is a reboot of the world eco-fiction spotlight from November 8, 2019, where we headed for the first time to the USA. Having spent a great amount of time in the Appalachian Mountains as a child (you can read more here), when […]
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When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother—terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria—and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. “Within these pages there is […]
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Lynn Hutchinson Lee’s novella leads us through a decadently aromatic world: notes of orchids, chanterelle mushrooms and plush moss; sterilized and burned bedsheets abound. Just out of frame, girls long-dead slip past us, organza-like. A dizzying and beautiful debut, Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens explores life as a Romany […]
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It’s 2039 and temperatures are soaring, seas are rising, and the political climate is equally as menacing. Chance is living a life of crime just to get by, when her community is singled out for a government rejuvenation scheme, promising to bring her coastal town back to life. But when […]
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“This book is a fever dream, a mood, a spell, an entire climate filled with a particular kind of desert winter light— harsh, unsparing, and beautiful. Honestly, I feel that part of me is still actually living in the book. Tremendously moving.” -Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author of […]
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“At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Charlotte McConaghy is masterful in her ability to show the intricate connections between place and the human heart, and Wild Dark Shore shows her at the […]
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“Justin Haynes delivers an evocative coastal world where the tide and the sky have as much power as governments and borders. Ibis moves the reader through Caribbean history and nature, driven by a compelling ensemble, some looking for truth and some hiding it. Striking in its language and imagery, this […]
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Editor’s note: I’m interested in this book because it’s based on the historical reality of a Black kingdom in Appalachia; the book seems to connect people to a beautiful land where they can independently sustain themselves. “Picture a time when a kingdom existed inside the confines of the Carolinas—a time […]
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Inland (12 Willows Press) is a harrowing account of separation and resilience as two families struggle to reunite after the Eastern Seaboard succumbs to catastrophic flooding. Trapped in the rapid floodwaters, Juliet and Martin search for a viable way back to Boston while their children face their own challenges for […]
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Samantha Harvey wins the 2024 Booker Prize with Orbital. A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space—not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet…we are with them as they behold and record […]
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Click here to return to the world eco-fiction series About the Book The visionary new fantasy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Manda Scott. Any Human Power (September Publishing, 2024) As Lan lies dying, she makes a promise that binds her long into the Beyond. A decade later, her […]
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Edited by Sheree Renée Thomas and curated by Grist, this anthology of innovated and visionary stories are winners of the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest. These stories are grounded in soul, a deep communion with the belief that we can—and must—rebuild our relationship with the planet. -Omar El Akkad, author […]
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A Place Unmade (Black Rose Writing) takes the reader on a provocative journey into the dangers lurking in our decreasing lack of biodiversity and patentable genetics. See an interview with author Carla Seyler at The Advocate. A Place Unmade, her environmental thriller released in May by Texas publishing house Black […]
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Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard […]
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