The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, Richard Flanagan
In a world of perennial fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother is dying—if her three children would just allow … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Magical Realism
Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger
Little Badger’s debut novel, “Elatsoe”… is a young adult fantasy about a 17-year-old Lipan Apache girl who can awaken the … Continue reading →
Potiki, Patricia Grace
‘Destroy the land and sea, we destroy ourselves.’ On the remote coast of New Zealand, at the curve that binds … Continue reading →
Sharks in the Time of Saviours, Kawai Strong Washburn
In 1994 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores is saved from drowning by a shiver of sharks. His family, struggling … Continue reading →
Pani Mar Raha Hai, Amna Mufti
With her latest novel on water crisis, “Paani Mar Raha Hai”, Mufti has not only contributed to the bourgeoning field … Continue reading →
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 →
Lion City, Ng Yi-Sheng
These are the exquisitely strange tales of Lion City, the first collection of short fiction by award-winning poet and playwright … Continue reading →
Awakening Worlds, J.C. Thomas
Awakening Worlds is a coming of age novel with contemporary Gothic themes and elements of magical realism, a must-read for … Continue reading →
A.S. King’s Me and Marvin Gardens, Review by Kimberly Christensen
Me and Marvin Gardens by A.S. King Middle Grade Fiction Published by Scholastic Trades Review by Kimberly Christensen Everything around … Continue reading →
Latitudes of Longing, Shubhangi Swarup
A recent take on the state of writing argues that novelists have been complicit in maintaining silence around global warming … Continue reading →