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The Land Remembers: 20 African Environmental Novels of the Last Decade - Afrocritik

Here, then, are twenty environmental novels from across the African continent, published within the last decade, that place ecology not at the margins of the...

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oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mobydi... Speaking of this classic, the Rewilding our Stories Discord's Book Club is re-reading Moby-Dick (new readers welcome) starting in August. I'm in! Visit dragonfly.eco to discover more about the Discord and our new buddy read. dragonfly.eco/rewilding-ou...

Was Moby Dick a real whale?

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, the allegorical novel about Captain Ahab’s search to kill a great white whale, was based on real-life events. Born in 1819, author Herman Melville grew up during the peak of ...

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“Just as taking a hike reminds you of the three-dimensionality of life outside the flat plane of your phone screen, good ecofiction reminds us of our place in this broad and bustling world.” Jared Oliver Adams on Ecofiction www.briefecology.com/the-rotting-...

Jared Oliver Adams on Ecofiction — Brief Ecology

Demon Ecofiction: Ecofiction in Barbara Kingsolver’s “Demon Copperhead”

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Watch the official trailer for Open Planet Studios documentary 'How to Live on Earth,' presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, out in select cinemas on June 26 youtu.be/gEgRA5VQLrQ?...

How to Live on Earth | Official Trailer

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++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

"For me, ecofiction is all about finding connection with the environment and all the life we share this Earth with . . . Stories are a great way to do that." 🌱🌍📚 NEW: Violet Lichen Editor-in-Chief @marissavu.bsky.social and @dragonfly.eco chat all things ecofiction, clifi, and ECO25!

ECO24/25: The Year's Best Speculative Fiction, Marissa van Uden - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction

Click here to return to the world ecofiction series About the Books You can read more about the ECO24 and ECO25 anthologies at Violet Lichen, a new imprint of Apex Book Company. Run by Marissa van Ude...

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Check out my chat with Marissa van Uden, publisher at Violet Lichen press: dragonfly.eco/eco24-25-the... Violet Lichen publishes dark, #literary, #weird books and focuses on speculative #ecofiction, weird and new weird, and moody science fiction with uniquely memorable characters

ECO24/25: The Year's Best Speculative Fiction, Marissa Van Uden - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction

Click here to return to the world ecofiction series About the Books You can read more about the ECO24 and ECO25 anthologies at Violet Lichen, a new imprint of Apex Book Company. Run by Marissa van Ude...

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THE OVERSTORY x Grimm’s fairytales x Slavic folklore 12yo Belarusian girl loses herself in the last old-growth forest in Europe and finds that the folk from ancient tales have taken refuge there due to the destruction of their habitat and distortion of their stories #PosterPit #SO #SPF #FT #C

Speaking of #Nebulas & @nkjemisin.bsky.social 's speech on #diversity (& barriers to in #SFF), I'm pleased to host @renanbernardo.com 's post on my site. Hope you'll read his important words about global representation. @sfwa.bsky.social #SpecLit #WritingCommunity brightflame.com/guest-blog-r...

Guest blog: Renan Bernardo on global representation in SFF ⋆ BrightFlame

I yes’d my way through Renan Bernado’s newsletter following the Nebulas and echo his words about global representation here.

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Apex and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the final Table of Contents for the next installment of our ECO anthology series, ECO25! 🌱🎉 Narrowing down our exceptional shortlist was incredibly difficult, and we thank and congratulate all who submitted their stories to us! Se the full TOC below! 🧵

Congratulations to @jenniferhudak.bsky.social for her Nebula win with the fabulous poem "The World to Come!" Her story "The Colony" appeared in Trollbreath Magazine issue #2 and was picked for ECO24, the Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, and her poem "Swimming the Witch" will appear in issue #9.

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And the winner of the first-ever Nebula Award for Poem is... 👀 “The World To Come”, by Jennifer Hudak (Strange Horizons 12/22/25) 🎉 ALL our finalists have expanded possibility this year at SFWA. We are so thankful to be able to launch this new award with your potent works. Congrats, Jennifer!!!

#LGBTQWriteAThon June 1: I'm an Indigiqueer writer in SW Ontario. I primarily write speculative fiction/poetry: fairytales/mythology, ecofiction, religious satire, sword & sorcery, horror, weird fiction. I also write plays & CNF. Publications list: shanmonster.dreamwidth.org

AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers@amaralynn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#LGBTQWriteAThon June 1: Welcome! We're glad you're here! Introduce yourself & goals for the month to start things off! #QueerWriters #pride #writesky #writingcommunity @rebeccafrostwrites.com

I created a new subreddit devoted to #art & #literature imbued with themes of #ecology #climate #environment #sustainability. Looking for more people to join, be active, and one additional moderator. I forgot the link last time: www.reddit.com/r/RewildingO...

Submission opportunity: Biome wants stories that center on life, ecosystems, and organisms in all their dazzling variety – on Earth or beyond it. #sff #ecofiction

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Biome - Speculative Fiction podcast is open for submissions! biomespec.wordpress.com/submissions/ Everyone is welcome! #amWriting #WritingCommunity #writer #bookSky

We are honoured that our anthology 'No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save Our Planet' published by @habitatpress.bsky.social edited by @dabaden.bsky.social has been chosen for the @climatesolutions #BookClub. This meets online 18th June 19.30 BST. Subscribe here climatebookclub.substack.com?r=2en1er

Climate Solutions Book Club | Paul Dawson | Substack

Would you like to join the best book club that focuses on reading books about climate change? We read one book a month and then meet up to discuss it over zoom. Click to read Climate Solutions Book C...

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#ThickTrunkTuesday Pan amongst the Lilac trees. According to folklore, if you chop down a Lilac tree, the other trees in the vicinity refuse to flower the following year.

dragonfly.eco/indie-corner... Local author JD Grant has a new book coming out, with a book launch in Halifax this weekend. Donations go to Ecology Action Centre! #ecology #sciencefiction #fantasy

Indie Corner - JD Grant - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction

It was great to recently virtually meet some local people involved in the editing, authoring and publishing of a novel called Flowers for Gaia (by JD Grant), published by OC Publishing. Author royalti...

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The Wildcraft Drones book launch, art & events

It’s May and that means it’s finally here: The Wildcraft Drones is officially on shelves THIS MONTH.

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Today, we're working together to build a company that offers transparency and collaboration for authors and illustrators while publishing stories that offer hope and optimism that we can choose to build a better world. We're learning a lot and trusting that the positive momentum will continue.

Independent Bookstore Day is April 25! It’s also my birthday! Oh, how the stars have aligned for you to celebrate both events at once by buying or sharing my books through bookshop.org

Hey Friday night folks! We have a little treat to share with you. It's the cover of our last 2026 book, THE HUNGER OF THOSE WHO BUILT IT by Wendy Waring. Find out more about this literary solarpunk debut and pre-order here: www.stelliform.press...

Yes yes, every day is Earth Day. But on April 22 I find myself thinking about Earth Day Philadelphia 56 years ago--the momentum that movement created, and what it changed. We could use that energy now.

Happy Earth Day! buttondown.com/dragonfly.ec... Here's my e-news about the last decade of my Earth Days and Months. #earthday

April 2026 - We need acts of restoration

Welcome to the Earth Month edition The quote above is by Robin Wall Kimmerer, from Braiding Sweetgrass. “We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted...

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The Dog Stars (In theaters, August 28): First Trailer "A young pilot has carved out an isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. But that changes when a mysterious radio transmission spurs Hig to venture into the unknown..." Sir Ridley Scott, 88, still creating sci-fi stories 👌

The Dog Stars | Official Trailer

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@dabaden.bsky.social from @habitatpress.bsky.social talks to theHampshire Writers association on Sat 16th May 1-3pm in Winchester about fictional characters as influencers. £5 members, £10 non-members hampshirewriterssociety.co.uk/events/writi... #writers #writing #climate #sustainablility #clifi

Writing For Change

Join Denise Baden for this 2-hour workshop where Denise shows us her research into storytelling – what works to engage readers, what doesn’t and why.

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Renan Bernardo gifted these lovely words about T. K. Rex's THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. "Wealthy people seem to be reading dystopias as rulebooks ... Instead, I'd say for people to read The Wildcraft Drones as a rulebook of how to live in community and find a healthy path to our future." Thanks, Renan!

Violet Lichen Books is excited to announce the acquisition of THEY CALL THE PLACE WILD by @raemariz.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛🌳🔪 Richard Powers’ THE OVERSTORY meets the Brothers Grimm in this lush dark fantasy, a masterfully woven love letter to refugees, the natural world, and folklore.

Press Release - Violet Lichen Acquires They Call the Place Wild by Rae

For Immediate Release 4/3/2026 Lexington, KY: Violet Lichen Books is excited to announce the acquisition of THEY CALL THE PLACE WILD by Rae Mariz. Pitched as Richard Powers’ THE OVERSTORY meets the Br...

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ecologyaction.ca/sites/defaul... Ecology & Action spring magazine is out, along with my article on #solarpunk.

As @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains here, when the US admin ended the NASA climate modeling group's office lease, they were kicked out of their building -- and "have been kind of couch surfing at various NYC universities and libraries" since then. Unbelievable. Read more here:

A top climate scientist just resigned from NASA. Here's why

Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges

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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR by Ivy Grimes. A folkloric fable amid a solar storm, this ecofiction novella is a perfect blend of witchery & survivalism under an auroral glow. Our drink is the Mother Perch, a highball for all seasons!