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Spotlight – Glendy Vanderah

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on March 11, 2021 by Mary WoodburyMarch 11, 2021

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, Contemporary, Interviews, Literary, Mystery, Women Working in Nature and the Arts, World Eco-Fiction | Tagged Glendy Vanderah | Leave a reply

Good Neighbors, Sarah Langan

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on February 14, 2021 by Mary WoodburyFebruary 14, 2021

Climate change is wreaking havoc, adding its own sinister atmosphere to Maple Street, when a huge toxic sinkhole opens up in the neighborhood’s green space. … Read more

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Waiting for the Night Song, Julie Carrick Dalton

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 5, 2021 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 5, 2021

A startling and timely debut, Julie Carrick Dalton’s Waiting for the Night Song is a moving, brilliant novel about friendships forged in childhood magic and … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Literary, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, Woman's | Tagged Julie Carrick Dalton | Leave a reply

Leave the World behind, Rumaan Alam

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on November 29, 2020 by Mary WoodburyNovember 29, 2020

When the end of the world as we know it comes about in Rumaan Alam’s gripping third novel, Leave the World Behind, the two families … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Dystopian, Horror, Literary, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Rumaan Alam | Leave a reply

Operation Redwood, S. Terrell French

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 8, 2020 by Kimberly ChristensenDecember 20, 2021

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

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Children's, Contemporary, Flora, Mystery, Turning the Tide | Tagged S. Terrell French | Leave a reply

Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on August 29, 2020 by Mary WoodburyAugust 29, 2020

Little Badger’s debut novel, “Elatsoe”… is a young adult fantasy about a 17-year-old Lipan Apache girl who can awaken the ghosts of dead animals and … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fantasy, Indigenous, LGTBQ+, Magical Realism, Mystery, YA/Teen | Tagged Darcie Little Badger | Leave a reply

Trace Elements, Donna Leon

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on March 1, 2020 by Mary WoodburyMarch 1, 2020

In “Trace Elements,” a character who worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice’s water supply … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Crime/Detective, Mystery | Tagged Donna Leon | Leave a reply

The Second Sleep, Robert Harris

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 1, 2019 by Mary WoodburyDecember 1, 2019

It’s within this strange and ambiguous historical setting that Harris has also fashioned a cautionary tale for today — a tale over which the 21st … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Historical, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Robert Harris | Leave a reply

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 18, 2019 by Mary WoodburyJuly 6, 2020

Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (originally titled Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych). Man Booker International Prize Nominee (2019). Olga is also a Nobel prize winner in literature … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Fauna, Mystery | Tagged Olga Tokarczuk | Leave a reply

Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on October 17, 2019 by Mary WoodburyOctober 17, 2019

It’s possible, though, that novelists are responding to the effects of climate change in ways other than direct representation…Julia Phillips’s brilliant debut novel “Disappearing Earth” … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Cultural/Regional, Literary, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, YA/Teen | Tagged Julia Phillips | Leave a reply

Where Oceans Hide their Dead, John Yunker

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on April 29, 2019 by Mary WoodburyApril 29, 2019

The long-awaited sequel to The Tourist Trail…Robert Porter has quit the FBI in search of his long-lost (and presumed dead) love, Noa, only to find … Read more

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The River, Peter Heller

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on April 9, 2019 by Mary WoodburyApril 9, 2019

The real delight is the nature writing. The River is a fiction addition to the New Landscape writing of Robert Macfarlane and Rebecca Solnit, prose so … Read more

Posted in Adventure, All, Books, Literary, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller | Tagged Peter Heller | Leave a reply

A Jenny Willson Mystery Series, Dave Butler

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on January 24, 2019 by Mary WoodburyJanuary 24, 2019

The first in Butler’s series of novels – Full Curl – was short-listed for the Kobo Emerging Writers Award in the mystery category, and won … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Crime/Detective, Mystery | Tagged Dave Butler | Leave a reply

Beneath the Mother Tree, D.M. Cameron

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 23, 2018 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

A spine-chilling mystery and contemporary love story, Beneath the Mother Tree plays out in a unique and wild Australian setting, interweaving Indigenous history and Irish … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Contemporary, Fantasy, Flora, Magical Realism, Mystery | Tagged D.M. Cameron | Leave a reply

Wilder Girls, Rory Power

Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fiction Posted on December 23, 2018 by Mary WoodburyDecember 20, 2021

From Hypable: Wilder Girls by Rory Power follows Hetty as she looks for her friend, braving a world outside of quarantine and discovering the truth … Read more

Posted in All, Books, Fauna, Flora, LGTBQ+, Mystery, Woman's, YA/Teen | Tagged Rory Power | Leave a reply

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