The best environmental books we’ve read in 2023
This is the eighth year that we’ve gathered together a list of our favorite books from the past 12 months. Seeing this list makes me appreciate what EcoLit Books has …
Animal Rights
Book Review: The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism
The term “Effective Altruism” has been buzzy for a while now and has attracted well-known followers and promoters — and because of this, the movement is generally associated with doing …
The More-Than-Human World: Call for Submissions
Here’s an exciting writing opportunity from About Place Journal (no fee)! I might be submitting as well, so don’t everyone rush in… Learn more here
Catch up on our recent event
Ashland Creek Press was thrilled to host Reading Animals/Writing Animals, sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Writers’ Union of Canada, with Siskiyou Prize winner and Among …
Book Review: FUNNY FARM by Laurie Zaleski
Laurie Zaleski’s Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals is not only a memoir of a hardscrabble life but a lovely tribute to the woman who taught Laurie …
Book Review: PESTS by Bethany Brookshire
In Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire takes a look at myriad animals whom many humans consider pests, from squirrels to cats to elephants, and offers insights into …
Book Review: JUSTICE FOR ANIMALS by Martha C. Nussbaum
As with so many books about the plight of animals in today’s world, Martha C. Nussbaum’s Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility needs to be read most of all by …
Love is War: Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag
Boy meets girl. Girl goes veg. Boy goes off the deep end. And so begins this heartfelt, occasionally hilarious and generally brilliant graphic novel about one man’s struggle to resist …
A call for animal-themed stories and essays
The international literary journal Asymptote has put out a call for the submissions of “animal-themed fictional and non-fictional writings for our special feature in the issue of April 2023.” You …
Book Review: Sixty Harvests Left: Regenerating our planet and ourselves
I’ve long believed that the Dust Bowl years were the result of rampant over-farming and generally awful land management. And while this is true, what I didn’t realize until I …