Back to the series Several months ago I became enamored by a multi-media project–Protectors of the Wood. John KixMiller, the author of the series, works with a team of artists and musicians who beautifully capture the novels with artistic illustrations and supplement the novels with a podcast for each episode. […]
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Back to the series April’s feature on authors who explore global warming in fiction covers Kathleen Dean Moore. Moore’s background in environmental activism and nature writing is abundant, though this article will also spotlight also her newest novel Piano Tide (Counterpoint, 2017), winner of the 2017 Willa Cather Award for […]
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How to write great fiction without being didactic, while under stress, while living a full life? How to write in your head and find where you wanted your writing to go while doing other things than writing? How to relay environmental subjects, even big ones like global warming, in your […]
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Part XVI. Women Working in Nature and the Arts, Caroline Woodward Caroline Woodward is a writer of fiction, poetry and children’s books, living on the Lennard Island Lightstation at the entrance to Clayoquot Sound, near Tofino, BC. She is qualified as an Assistant Lightkeeper and often works relief at this […]
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Back to the series Paolo Bacigalupi’s novels tell stories about human impacts on the environment–and, in turn, the results of these impacts back on humans. An award-winning author, Bacigalupi often explores bioengineering and loss of fossil fuels or fresh water in his stories. His novels in this field include The […]
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Author: © David Thorpe Published: May 14, 2017 Publisher: Cambria Books Ordering: Amazon Type: Fiction – Anthology Social Media: Goodreads Weatherfronts Climate change and the stories we tell: A collection of poems and stories by writers responding personally and creatively to the scientific and emotional realities of climate change. Featuring […]
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Author: © Cate Dunn Published: November 28, 2017 Ordering: Amazon, Type: Fiction – Novel Social Media: Author website, Facebook Back to the Dragonfly Library And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. –William Shakespeare As […]
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Back to the series This December I review the past 15 months of author spotlights, which cover fiction writing in the Anthropocene. Based upon talking with many authors in the past four years, and spotlighting their works, I have come up with writing tips. This review also reflects the writing […]
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Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of National Bestselling novels The Book of Joan and The Small Backs of Children, winner of the 2016 Oregon Book Award’s Ken Kesey Award for Fiction as well as the Reader’s Choice Award; the novel Dora: A Headcase, and a critical book on war and narrative, Allegories Of […]
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Back to the series October’s spotlight (marking the series’ one-year anniversary) is on Susan M. Gaines, who wrote Carbon Dreams, her first published novel–and she has just completed another. Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals, such as the North American Review and the Missouri Review, […]
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Author: © J. G. Follansbee Ordering: Amazon Publication Date: October 20, 2017 Type: Fiction – Novel Social Media: Author website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads Back to the Dragonfly Library Chapter 2 Deputy Inspector Janine Kilel tracked the surveillance drone out of the corner of her eye as it hovered […]
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What if your father had to run for his life? Carbon Run is an exciting thriller set in a dystopian world ravaged by climate change. Fossil fuels are banned, pirates smuggle oil, and governments erase citizens’ identities. According to the author, this novel is second in the Tales from a […]
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The Salt Line begins with these small monsters, also known as disease-carrying ticks, that are running rampant outside a scorched ring of earth on United States soil. Most civilians live inside the ring, keeping themselves secure, but there are a few that desert the safety and roam outside. –The Carolinian […]
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Author: © Aithal Publication Date: Part I. November 25, 2015. Part II. January 20, 2017 Type: Fiction – Series Ordering: Author site Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon, YouTube Back to the Dragonfly Library Note, there are two excerpts below from the first two books in the series. Part I. […]
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Author: © Zachary Eichholz Publication Date: July 2017 Type: Fiction Ordering: Author site Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram CHAPTER 22: Cooperation Not Annihilation The Pentagon, Virginia Monday, April 5, 2027 “Madam. Secretary,” said Colonel Mapfeka, “thank you for allowing us the opportunity to brief you today. It is […]
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