Dark Emu: Rethinking Australian history (and our own)
Who were the first humans to bake bread? If you had asked me a few months ago, I would have probably guessed the Egyptians. But what if it was the …
John Yunker
Join Rewilding Our Stories
Our friends Mary Woodbury of Dragonfly.eco and Lovis Geir from Ecofictology have partnered to create a virtual community of writers and readers passionate about environmental literature. The network is hosted …
CSPA Quarterly is seeking a (co)lead editor
If you haven’t heard of The Center for Sustainable Arts (CSPA), do check it out. We’re fans. They are currently looking for a (co)lead editor for the CSPA Quarterly: The …
Wales Arts Review seeks contributors for newly launched environment section
This is a wonderful development — an arts magazine expanding to include a dedicated environmental section. And a wonderful opportunity for writers. Here’s more… Wales Arts Review has been a …
Call for submissions: Turku Book Prize 2021
The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) are sponsoring the Turku Book Prize in environmental history. The winner will receive …
Join a virtual event with Sitka residents
In the free Zoom event on November 5th, you’ll hear from the following Sitka residents: Craig See an ecosystem scientist interested in how carbon and nutrients move through forest landscapes. …
Upcoming Virtual Event: Women Writing the Natural World
Here’s an excellent event coming up this Monday at 7pm PST on Zoom and Facebook. The event features writers Corinna Cook, Marybeth Holleman, Adrienne Lindholm and Nancy Lord, moderated by …
Maverick: A life among animals, reconsidered
At the opening of the essay collection Maverick, Laura Jean Schneider writes: I’m in the third generation of butchers in my family. As a family, we slaughtered and butchered most …
Building Reuse: Why your old house may be more environmental than you think
I live in an old house. So old that it tilts off to one side and you can feel a winter breeze coming up through the floorboards. When we had …
New and upcoming book releases
Sadly, we cannot review everything we receive here at EcoLit Books — but I did want to highlight a few new and newly republished works… The Lives and Deaths of …
Upcoming online writing workshops at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
If there is an upside to this pandemic (and I realize I’m grasping) it is that there are a wealth of online writing programs now available. I wanted to draw …
