Claudia Casper is the author of the novels The Reconstruction and The Continuation of Love by Other Means, which was short-listed for the Ethel Wilson BC Book Prize, and most recently, The Mercy Journals. Her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, Geist, Event, Best Canadian […]
Read MoreCold Blood, Hot Sea
Author: © Charlene D’Avanzo Publisher: Torrey House Press Publication Date: June 2016 Ordering Information: IndieBound Social Media: Author blog, Facebook, Contact, Goodreads Back to the Dragonfly Library Sleuths will have to figure out who done it, but the real crime is the backdrop here: the endless heating of a fragile […]
Read MoreNew York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson
In July 2016, in our Google+ Community, I was excited to share that KSR was working on a new novel about climate change set in New York City. The Sacramento Bee quoted KSR in an interview, stating: I’m postulating a sea level rise and I’m doing a “drowned Manhattan” novel. […]
Read MoreHalfway to the Truth
Author: © Anthony Mays Publication Date: May 29, 2015 Ordering: Amazon Links: Author site Every day, somewhere in this world, a child goes to work just like you do. Only their workplace is filled with dangerous chemicals that can have long-term health effects on the body. Stockpiles of e-waste sites […]
Read MoreThe World of Edena, Mœbius
Working closely with Moebius Productions in France, Dark Horse is putting the work of a master storyteller back in print–with some material in English for the first time! Stel and Atan are interstellar investigators trying to find a lost space station and its crew. When they discover the mythical paradise […]
Read MoreThe Forester
Author: © James Kraus Publication Date: June 2013 Ordering: Amazon Back to the Dragonfly Library James Kraus knows the woods from every perspective – as a source of Wonder, a source of Timber, and a source of Conflict. -Bill McKibben Excerpt 1 (from a dream) Sara and I were walking […]
Read MoreThe Postman, David Brin
This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin’s The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, […]
Read MoreInterview with Lorna Crozier, The Wild in You
Part XIII. Women Working in Nature and the Arts An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier has been acknowledged for her contributions to Canadian literature, her teaching and her mentoring with five honourary doctorates, most recently from McGill and Simon Fraser Universities. Her books have received numerous national […]
Read MoreInterview with Jeff VanderMeer, Southern Reach Trilogy
Jeff VanderMeer has been named the 2016-2017 Trias Writer-in-Residence for Hobart-William Smith College. His most recent fiction is the NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance) from FSG, which won the Shirley Jackson Award. The trilogy also prompted the New Yorker to call the author “the weird Thoreau” and has […]
Read MoreWhisper of the Woods
Author: © D.G. Driver Publication Date: February 2014 Series: Juniper Sawfeather Series Publisher: Fire and Ice Young Adult Books Ordering: Lulu, Kindle, Smashwords Social Media: Author’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Author’s website Back to the Dragonfly Library Excerpt from Chapter Seven The sun had risen and cast a beautiful golden glow […]
Read MoreCry of the Sea
Author: © D.G. Driver Publication Date: February 2014 Series: Juniper Sawfeather Series Awards: 2nd place in the YA category of the 2015 Green Book Festival for environmental themed books Publisher: Fire and Ice Young Adult Books Ordering: Lulu, Kindle, Smashwords Social Media: Author’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Author’s website Back to […]
Read MoreHope or High Water
Hope or High Water: The Voyage of a Lifetime and a Model for our Future Author: © Duncan Morrison Publication Date: March 28, 2016 Ordering: Amazon Social Media: Author’s Facebook, Our Blue Canoe Film Facebook, Pacific Voyager’s Facebook, Twitter, Author’s website Chapter Four – A Living Hell 13 July 11 […]
Read MoreGods of Little Earth
Author: © J. Zornado Series: 2050: A Future History, Volume I Publisher: Merry Blacksmith Press Publication Date: November 28, 2014 Ordering: See publisher above or Amazon Social Media: J. Zornado Click here for Volume II This volume I is part of the 2050: A Future History series, which is a […]
Read MoreThe Power at the Bottom of the World
Author: © J. Zornado Series: 2050: A Future History, Volume II Publisher: Merry Blacksmith Press Publication Date: May 28, 2015 Ordering: See publisher above or Amazon Social Media: J. Zornado Escape from Bellerephon The gods plan, Simon laughs. —The Book of M I The desperate cry of a small voice […]
Read MoreWhen Immortals Reign
Author: © J. Zornado Series: 2050: A Future History, Volume III Publisher: Merry Blacksmith Press Publication Date: June 15, 2015 Ordering: See publisher above or Amazon Social Media: J. Zornado The Keys to the Kingdom Simon upon damnable Simon! How tiresome it is to hear how he is worshipped! I […]
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