Novel about ‘Disneyfication’ of nature wins climate fiction prize | Books

Novel about ‘Disneyfication’ of nature wins climate fiction prize | Books

A novel featuring a protagonist whose job is taken by AI has won the Climate fiction prize. Hum by Helen Phillips, the American writer’s third novel, is about a woman, May, who... Read more »
Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’ | Hay festival

Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’ | Hay festival

Pessimism is probably “a bigger problem than climate change”, said the novelist Ian McEwan on Monday afternoon, as temperatures broke May records in the UK. McEwan “constantly” hears people say that they... Read more »
Climate fiction prize announces finalists including Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott | Books

Climate fiction prize announces finalists including Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott | Books

Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott are among the writers shortlisted for this year’s £10,000 Climate fiction prize. Now in its second year, the prize celebrates novels that engage with the climate crisis... Read more »
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics | Trees and forests

‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics | Trees and forests

In 2018, the ecologist and writer Suzanne Simard was conducting research in the forested Caribou Mountains of western Canada when a thunderstorm rolled in. She was with her two teenage daughters and... Read more »
After the Deluge: What Future for Climate Fiction?

After the Deluge: What Future for Climate Fiction?

“Green, at this point, is a dead fucking brand,” says Kate Morris, the brash and irreverent political organizer at the center of Stephen Markley’s The Deluge. “Green,” for Morris, is traditional environmentalism,... Read more »
The Climate Is Changing. How Should the Liberal Arts Respond?

The Climate Is Changing. How Should the Liberal Arts Respond?

Like that of the earth, the climate of higher education today is increasingly volatile, and the seasonal rhythms that once grounded our work, teaching, and learning no longer hold. This summer, which... Read more »
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics | Trees and forests

Konnie Huq launches free climate crisis ebook for UK primary schools | Books

Konnie Huq, Jamie Oliver, David Baddiel, Adam Kay, Mary Portas and Joseph Coelho are among those collaborating on an ebook about the climate crisis which will be free to access for every... Read more »
Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’ | Hay festival

Darwin, Climate Change, and the Literatur…

Many people today experience the climate crisis with a divided state of mind: aware of the extreme effects, but living everyday life as if the crisis is not actually happening. This book... Read more »
Elmer and the climate crisis: lost story by David McKee set to be published | Children and teenagers

Elmer and the climate crisis: lost story by David McKee set to be published | Children and teenagers

From the depths of his extraordinarily vibrant imagination, he famously conjured up Mr Benn, Not Now, Bernard, King Rollo and Elmer the patchwork elephant. Elmer and the White Bear, by David McKee,... Read more »
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