Weather, Jenny Offill
The mammoth threat of climate change looms large over the ephemera of modern life in this novel filled with dread … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Literary
Split Tooth, Tanya Taqaq
This book is being read and discussed at the Cambridge Ecofiction Bookclub in January 2020. According to Goodreads, Veering back … Continue reading →
Ghost Species, James Bradley
We originally published this news on October 25, 2019: James Bradley tweeted the cover reveal of his May 2020 novel, … Continue reading →
Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips
It’s possible, though, that novelists are responding to the effects of climate change in ways other than direct representation…Julia Phillips’s … Continue reading →
Greenwood, Michael Christie
In an era of so much uncertainty, it is comforting to see novelists begin to work through the biggest issue … Continue reading →
The Hollow Middle, John Popielaski
Author: © John Popielaski Type: Fiction Novel Publisher/Ordering: Unsolicited Press Publication Date: December 4, 2018 Author Links: Author website Back to the … Continue reading →
Memory Police, Yōko Ogawa
The book is practically a novelization of German pastor Martin Niemoller’s post-World War II poem “First they came …,” but … Continue reading →
Dyschronia, Jennifer Mills
Jennifer Mills’ Dyschronia has climate at its core. In the book, the sea around the small town of Clapstone vanishes. … Continue reading →
The Old Drift, Namwali Serpell
On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial … Continue reading →
The Ice Shelf, Anne Kennedy
Well, there’s eco-poetry (serious and important), and The Eco-Comedy Video Festival (naf so far, unfortunately), so I think eco-fiction is … Continue reading →