Everything the Light Touches, Janice Pariat
Drawn richly from scientific and botanical ideas, Everything the Light Touches is a swirl of ever-expanding themes: the contrasts between modern India and its colonial … Read more
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Indie Corner – Amy Smiley
Back to the Indie Corner series This month I talk with Amy Smiley, author of Hiking Underground (Atmosphere Press, January 2023). Mary: Hi, Amy! So … Read more
Heavy Weather, Kevan Manwaring et al.
Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes: Since Odysseus’ curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Winds, … Read more
Ephemeral Wings, Eva Silverfine
Having lost her home to changes in the current, Maggie, a mayfly, is searching the stream for the richest of foods with which to nourish … Read more
Harvest Moon, Agam Agenda
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
The Most Important Comic Book on Earth, Cara Delevingne
The Most Important Comic Book On Earth: Stories to Save the World is a global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together a diverse team of … Read more
Every Leaf a Hallelujah, Ben Okri
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
A Half-Built Garden, Ruthanna Emrys
According to Macmillan, this novel comes out in the summer of 2022: Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting … Read more
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel
Coming in April 2022, this novel nods to Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, and follows a teenager named Edwin into a Canadian forest and … Read more
The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak
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
Tree Magic Series, Harriet Springbett
Thanks to the author for sending in information about her series. The following comes from her Bookshop info: Tree Magic (Book 1): A life fractured … Read more
Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old … Read more
Operation Redwood, S. Terrell French
Middle Grade Fiction Reviewed by Kimberly Christensen Shuffled off to his aunt and uncle’s house in San Francisco while his mom takes a work assignment … Read more
Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest, Rebel Girls
From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace … Read more
If We Were Giants, Dave Matthews and Clete Barrett Smith
Yes, it’s the Dave Matthews we all love. For his debut novel, Dave Matthews found inspiration close to home.He was recording music in New Orleans … Read more