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Face, Jaspreet Singh

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

In his playful yet deeply serious third novel Jaspreet Singh links a fossil fraud in India, an ice core archive in Canada, and a climate … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Crime/Detective | Tagged Jaspreet Singh | Leave a reply

Turn the Tide, Elaine Dimopoulos

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on June 16, 2022 by Kimberly ChristensenJune 16, 2022

Turn the Tide Middle Grade Fiction by Elaine Dimopoulos Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen When twelve-year-old Mimi Laskaris moves to Wilford Island, Florida, she immediately falls … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Contemporary, Reviews, Reviews-Youth, Spotlight, Spotlights-Youth, Turning the Tide, YA/Teen | Tagged Elaine Dimopoulos | Leave a reply

Hovering, Rhett Davis

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on April 13, 2022 by Mary WoodburyApril 13, 2022

The Guardian calls Hovering a climate-collapse novel. A spectacular debut novel from one of Australia’s most exciting new writers. Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary | Tagged Rhett Davis | Leave a reply

Pure Colour, Sheila Heti

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on April 13, 2022 by Mary WoodburyApril 13, 2022

Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Literary, Magical Realism | Tagged Sheila Heti | Leave a reply

Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on March 20, 2022 by Mary WoodburyMarch 20, 2022

Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine’s Grey Zone, the no-man’s-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Dystopian, Fauna | Tagged Andrey Kurkov | Leave a reply

Eleutheria, Allegra Hyde

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on March 14, 2022 by Mary WoodburyMarch 14, 2022

“Allegra Hyde’s seductive first novel tackles the big stuff of climate change and the more intimate matter of heartbreak with grace. Indeed, Eleutheria bravely braids … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, LGTBQ+ | Tagged Allegra Hyde | Leave a reply

How to Bury Your Dog, Eva Silverfine

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on February 22, 2022 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 24, 2022

Title: How to Bury Your Dog Author: © Eva Silverfine Type: Fiction Novel Publisher/Ordering: Black Rose Writing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble Publication Date: December 2, … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Children's, Contemporary, Dragonfly Library, Fauna, Fiction - Novels, Woman's, YA/Teen | Tagged Eva Silverfine | Leave a reply

Terraform, Brian Merchant and Claire L. Evans

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on February 13, 2022 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 13, 2022

I just read about this upcoming anthology from one of its author’s, Jeff VanderMeer’s twitter feed. It’s coming from MCD Books in August 2022 and … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative | Tagged Brian Merchant, Claire L. Evans | Leave a reply

Girl in Ice, Erica Ferencik

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on February 11, 2022 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 11, 2022

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 Adventure, All, Books, Contemporary, Features, Interviews, Literary, Suspense/Thriller, Woman's, Women Working in Nature and the Arts, World Eco-Fiction | Tagged Erica Ferencik | Leave a reply

Indie Corner – Sonia Myers

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 18, 2021 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 14, 2022

Back to the Indie Corner series It was great to talk with Sonia Meyers about her first novel, We Have Something to Say!, a children’s … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Children's, Contemporary, Indie Corner, Interviews, Spotlight, Spotlights-Youth, YA/Teen | Tagged Sonia Myers | Leave a reply

Vultures of Paradise, Atulya Misra

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 26, 2021 by Mary WoodburyNovember 26, 2021

From Rupa, the publisher: A story of greed, love and sacrifice narrated in the backdrop of a crippling human tragedy. Acclaimed author Atulya Misra tells … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional | Tagged Atulya Misra | Leave a reply

Skyseed, Bill McGuire

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 25, 2021 by Mary WoodburyNovember 25, 2021

‎Thanks so much to the author for letting me know about his novel Skyseed. Skyseed is an eco-thriller about climate engineering gone wrong, and the … Read more

Posted in All, Apocalyptic, Books, Contemporary, Dystopian | Tagged Bill McGuire | Leave a reply

Riverflow, Alison Layland

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 25, 2021 by Mary WoodburyNovember 25, 2021

After a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell want nothing more than to be left in peace to … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional, Romance | Tagged Alison Layland | Leave a reply

Kesterson, Craig Wilson

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 25, 2021 by Mary WoodburyNovember 25, 2021

Is corporate greed powerful enough to coverup an environmental disaster of epic proportions? Probably not now but what about in the 1980’s. Kesterson is a … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Fauna | Tagged Craig Wilson | Leave a reply

Milk Teeth, Helen Bukowski

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 26, 2021 by Mary WoodburyOctober 26, 2021

Beautifully written in immersive, spare prose, Helene Bukowski’s debut novel is about what it means to be a mother at the end of the world, … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Fairytale | Tagged Helene Bukowski | Leave a reply

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