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Scattered All Over the Earth, Yoko Tawada

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

Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as “the land of sushi.” Hiruko, its former … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Speculative | Tagged Yoko Tawada | 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

After the Dragons, Cynthia Zhang

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on March 10, 2022 by Mary WoodburyMarch 16, 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 All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, LGTBQ+, Speculative, Spotlight, Spotlights-Youth | Tagged Cynthia Zhang | Leave a reply

Indie Corner – Barbara Newman

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 14, 2022 by Mary WoodburyMarch 20, 2022

Back to the Indie Corner series This month’s Indie Corner explores Barbara Newman’s The Dreamcatcher Codes. Barbara Newman always wanted to be a cowgirl. Growing up … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, Indie Corner, Interviews, Woman's, Women Working in Nature and the Arts, YA/Teen | Tagged Barbara Newman | Leave a reply

The Beautiful and Dangerous Ecology in A Song of Ice and Fire

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 10, 2022 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 10, 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, Articles, Books, Classic, Cultural/Regional, Discover, Fantasy, Features, World Eco-Fiction | Tagged George RR Martin | Leave a reply

A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 3, 2022 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 3, 2022

Darcie Little Badger introduced herself to the world with Elatsoe. In A Snake Falls to Earth, she draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, Indigenous, LGTBQ+, Magical Realism, Myth & Folklore, Science Fiction | Tagged Darcie Little Badger | Leave a reply

Every Leaf a Hallelujah, Ben Okri

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 6, 2021 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

An environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times. -Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road Ben Okri’s Every Leaf … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fairytale, Flora | Tagged Ben Okri | 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

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

O Man of Clay, Eliza Mood (Review)

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 25, 2021 by Mary WoodburyDecember 9, 2021

O Man of Clay by Eliza Mood ISBN: 978-1939269959 Publisher: Stairwell Books Publication date: December 2, 2019 Review by Mary Woodbury Ursula K. Le Guin … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Dystopian, Horror, Mystery, Post-apocalyptic, Reviews, Speculative, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Eliza Mood | Leave a reply

The Morning Star, Karl Ove Knausgård

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 3, 2021 by Mary WoodburyNovember 3, 2021

Translated by Martin Aitken in 2021 and originally published in 2020, The Morning Star has received positive reviews in the media lately. From Penguin Random … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fauna, Literary | Tagged Karl Ove Knausgård | Leave a reply

The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki et al.

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 13, 2022

The first ever Year’s Best African speculative fiction anthology with 2020 reprinted works from some of the most exciting voices, old and new. Short stories … Read more

Posted in Africanfuturism, Africanjujuism, All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki | Leave a reply

Dew in the Morning, Shimmer Chinodya

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 27, 2021 by Mary WoodburySeptember 27, 2021

Dew in the Morning is a tender, evocative novel of growing up, but in it we see the seeds of many issues which Chinodya will … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Cultural/Regional | Tagged Shimmer Chinodya | Leave a reply

Strange Beasts of China, Yan GE

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 22, 2021 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

The novel’s environmental ethos is also very much of the now, with numerous, vivid descriptions of urban decay competing with the natural world. As an … Read more

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The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on September 12, 2021 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

In The Island of Missing Trees, prizewinning author Elif Shafak brings us a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Flora, Historical, Literary, Magical Realism | Tagged Elif Shafak | Leave a reply

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