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Fiction

Book Review: Hot Season by Susan DeFreitas

November 14, 2016 by Mindy Mejia

Undergrads navigating a desert year during the Bush Administration frame this debut novel from Susan DeFreitas. Deep Canyon College is an environmentally-focused mecca in the historic Wild West town of …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Fiction

Call for Submissions: Writing for Animals Nonfiction Anthology

October 20, 2016 by John Yunker

Ashland Creek Press is currently accepting nonfiction submissions for a new anthology, Writing for Animals: An anthology for writers and instructors to educate and inspire. From Franz Kafka’s Report to …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Fiction, Nonfiction, Veganism, Writing Opportunities

New EcoLit Books: Fall 2016

October 8, 2016 by John Yunker

Here are some of the books that were submitted to us over the past few months that are recently published (or soon will be): The After Author: Melinda Mueller Publisher: Entre …

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Categories Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, Nonfiction, Trees

Barkskins by Annie Proulx: An epic (and ongoing) story of extraction

September 29, 2019October 1, 2016 by John Yunker

Barkskins: A Novel Barkskins tells the intertwined and intergenerational stories of the natives and immigrants of the North American territory once known as New France. Because this novel takes place over more …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Fiction, Simon & Schuster, Trees

A Q&A with author Jennifer Longo

August 28, 2016 by Midge Raymond

Jennifer Longo is the author of the novel Up to this Pointe (learn more about the book here). Thanks to Jennifer for chatting with me about her wonderful book! Q: Your …

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Categories Book Reviews, Children's Books, Fiction, Q&A

Book Review: Up to this Pointe by Jennifer Longo

September 29, 2019August 28, 2016 by Midge Raymond

Jennifer Longo’s Up to This Pointe is a delightful, wholly original novel that brings YA readers to territory not often visited in this genre: Antarctica. Seventeen-year-old Harper Scott is a …

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Categories Book Reviews, Children's Books, Climate Change, Conservation, Fiction, Oceans, Random House

New EcoLit Books: Summer 2016

October 2, 2016August 27, 2016 by John Yunker

So little time; so many books! Here are some of the books that were submitted to us over the past few months that are now available (or soon will be): …

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Categories Book Publishers, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, Insects, Nonfiction, Oceans, Poetry, Pollution

My Last Continent: A Novel by Midge Raymond

June 21, 2016 by John Yunker

I’m happy to announce the publication of contributor Midge Raymond’s debut novel My Last Continent (Scribner). This novel wears the “eco-fiction” label quite well. The novel focuses on penguin researchers in Antarctica …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Fiction, Oceans, Veganism

New EcoLit Books: Spring/Summer 2016

May 16, 2016 by John Yunker

So many books, so little time! Because we can’t review every book that catches our eye I thought we should at least try to mention  new and upcoming books periodically. So …

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Categories Book Publishers, Fiction, Nonfiction

Book Review: Whippoorwill

May 8, 2016May 1, 2016 by Anna Monders

When sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor’s neighbors get a dog and leave him staked in the yard in freezing weather, she tries to ignore the whimpers and cries—the clear neglect—that is going …

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Categories Animal Rights, Children's Books, Fiction

Introducing The Hopper

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016 by John Yunker

I’m pleased to introduce the new environmental literary journal The Hopper, along with a Q&A with the founders.   Tell us a bit about The Hopper and how it came to be. …

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Categories Fiction, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing Opportunities
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