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Cave Walker, Donelle Dreese

Eco-Fiction Posted on February 12, 2019 by MWPFebruary 12, 2019

My hope is that Cave Walker fits into contemporary eco-fiction in the sense that nature occupies a central space in the novel almost at all times. The Maine woods through which Gillian hikes to reach the holy cave is a … Read more

Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Glendy Vanderah

Eco-Fiction Posted on February 6, 2019 by MWPFebruary 6, 2019

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself … Read more

A Jenny Willson Mystery Series, Dave Butler

Eco-Fiction Posted on January 24, 2019 by MWPJanuary 24, 2019

The first in Butler’s series of novels – Full Curl – was short-listed for the Kobo Emerging Writers Award in the mystery category, and won the coveted Arthur Ellis Award (Crime Writers of Canada) for Best First Crime Novel in … Read more

Beneath the Mother Tree, D.M. Cameron

Eco-Fiction Posted on December 23, 2018 by MWPDecember 23, 2018

A spine-chilling mystery and contemporary love story, Beneath the Mother Tree plays out in a unique and wild Australian setting, interweaving Indigenous history and Irish mythology…On a small island, something sinister is at play. Resident alcoholic Grappa believes it’s the … Read more

Crudo: A Novel, Olivia Laing

Eco-Fiction Posted on December 23, 2018 by MWPDecember 23, 2018

Paste Magazine calls Laing’s Crudo one of the best novels in 2018 and states: Crudo centers on Kathy, who has just turned 40 and is soon getting married, as she navigates her own changing life against the backdrop of Brexit, … Read more

As Stars Fall, Christie Nieman

Eco-Fiction Posted on October 24, 2018 by MWPOctober 24, 2018

A bush fire, and its aftermath, links a Bush-Stone curlew and three teenagers experiencing loss, love and change. The fire was fast and hot … only days after it went through, there were absolutely no birds left. I should have … Read more

The Big Melt, Ned Tillman

Eco-Fiction Posted on October 17, 2018 by MWPOctober 17, 2018

The Big Melt engages, informs, and challenges readers of all ages to consider a variety of perspectives on what is rapidly becoming the challenge of the century: Now that our climate is changing, what do we do? This work of … Read more

Magdalena Mountain, Michael Pyle

Eco-Fiction Posted on October 12, 2018 by MWPOctober 12, 2018

“Magdalena Mountain” is a novel, a work of fiction, but it contains a good deal of nonfiction, in the sense of the traditional nature writing that people know from my books in the past. That is, one of the main … Read more

Elmet, Fiona Mozley

Eco-Fiction Posted on September 16, 2018 by MWPSeptember 16, 2018

Fresh and distinctive writing from an exciting new voice in fiction, Elmet is an unforgettable novel about family, as well as a beautiful meditation on landscape. [Winner of the Man Booker Prize, 2017] Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads … Read more

The Shell Collector, Anthony Doerr

Eco-Fiction Posted on July 27, 2018 by MWPJuly 27, 2018

See more at Flavorwire. The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr’s acclaimed debut collection take readers from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. -Goodreads … Read more

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Good literature has always tackled the major issues of its time, be it war and peace or crime and punishment or pride and prejudice. So how could we not deal with the major issue of our epoch, the ongoing exploitation and destruction of our habitats. -Ilija Trojanow

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