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Updates almost every day except during vacation. The following news and events are reposted from our Facebook feed.
Our own big event, coming October 8:
- 15-minute presentation in the morning (time to be determined)
- Writer’s workshop in the afternoon – 3:30 – 5:55 pm
Other news
I grew up in Qatar, a tiny peninsula off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. Less than a century ago, before the boom, it was a desolate corner of the world, home to Bedouin tribes, shepherds, fishe…
Book 4 🌳Abby and Wendy🌎
Episode 37⬇️😃
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Professor Richardson looked at Abby in surprise, and nodded. “So you’ve noticed that too! Yes, climate change denial is based on loyalty to a fossil fuel culture, and is related to some...
Heart-breaking. Raw. Beautiful. Vital. These are just a few of the words I can use to describe Paul Rosolie’s new novel, The Girl and the Tiger. While the book tells the tale of a daring girl who has taken it upon herself to return an...
M Yuvan has spent nearly half his life discovering the joys of the wild. A look at how he shares his findings with others through music, books and rambles in the woods
This month, we continue with the young adult/teen focus, certainly timely right now as youth have entered the front lines on fighting climate change. On March 15, 2019, an international march took …
Here's another call for survey participants to share their ideas on environmental fiction. The data will help with Dragonfly.eco's already tremendous amount of research on novels and short stories dealing with ecological concerns, such as climate change. All this research will be shared publicly. Looking...
https://dragonfly.eco/no-entry-gila-green/ Thanks to Stormbird Press for making my life a bit easier this month and allowing content (interview/essay) on Gila Green's NO ENTRY to be reprinted at Dragonfly.eco as part of our series: World Eco-fiction: Climate Change and Beyond. We travel once again...
Blessed be the fruit. From Atwood to Zumas, here four feminist fiction novels that will help you to start a revolution.
https://dragonfly.eco/the-last-panther-todd-mitchell/ I talk with Todd Mitchell, author of the #children's #novel THE LAST #PANTHER about his writing process, a tree he planted when he went to college, and the dangers of #climatechange. #ya...
In “The Testaments,” the novelist examines the kinds of complicity that are required for constructing such a frightening future.
Granta at 40: Writer Rana Dasgupta will guest-edit a forthcoming issue
https://bookriot.com/2019/08/09/women-in-translation-month/ From August but still relevant!
On “The Black Dwarves of the Good Little Bay”: ‘Fiction is easier to get through to people’ Varun Thomas Mathew on his debut book, his writing process and why he chose Mumbai as a backdrop for his novel. By Chirdeep Malhotra - September 3, 2019...
I was very fortunate to work with Ron Melchiore, who has been living off-grid for decades. His memoir is a free Kindle download this week. He's an interesting writer, funny, knowledgeable, and completely courageous. Since the publication of this book, he and his wife are...
WOW. If you read nothing else today ... READ THIS | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/02/amazon-destruction-earth-brazilian-kayapo-people?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
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