Spotlight – Glendy Vanderah
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Category Archives: Books
Indie Corner – Claire Datnow
Back to the Indie Corner series I’m delighted to present Claire Datnow as this month’s Indie Corner author. Claire was … Read more
Daylight Come, Diana McCaulay
It is 2084. Climate change has made life on the Caribbean island of Bajacu a gruelling trial. The sun is … Read more
Cormorant Lake, Faith Merino
At once fantastical and deeply rooted in the natural world, Faith Merino’s deeply affecting and spirited debut novel explores the … Read more
Naturalizing Africa, Cajetan Iheka
Full title: Naturalizing Africa: Ecological Violence, Agency, and Postcolonial Resistance in African Literature Though non-fiction, this text covers novels and … Read more
Infinite Country, Patricia Engel
Infinite Country is a multi generational family saga about a Colombian family with mixed citizenship status. The story is told … Read more
Good Neighbors, Sarah Langan
Climate change is wreaking havoc, adding its own sinister atmosphere to Maple Street, when a huge toxic sinkhole opens up … Read more
Spotlight – Tlotlo Tsamaase
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Indie Corner – Ryan Mizzen
Back to the Indie Corner series February’s Indie Corner looks at the amazing Ryan Mizzen and his children’s fiction Hedgey-A … Read more
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
LATTICING one cherry pie after another, an Ohio housewife tries to bridge the gaps between reality and the torrent of … Read more
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 … Read more
The Forever Sea, Joshua Phillip Johnson
The first book in a new environmental epic fantasy series set in a world where ships kept afloat by magical … Read more
Dreamtime, Venetia Welby
Venetia Welby’s exquisite and hallucinogenic Dreamtime (Quartet, April) is set in a near future in which we have lost the … Read more
How Beautiful We Were, Imbolo Mbue
“We should have known the end was near.” So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set … Read more
Red Island House, Andrea Lee
A sweeping novel about marriage and loyalty, identity and heritage, fate and freedom, Red Island House reintroduces readers to a … Read more