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Conservation

New and forthcoming environmental books (November 2024)

November 6, 2024 by John Yunker

I’m happy to share the latest assortment of environmental and animal books that have come our way… please check them out! Birds Beasts and Bedlam By Derek Gow Author of Bringing …

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Categories Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Rewilding, Trees, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (October 2024)

October 18, 2024 by John Yunker

As we enter fall we (in the Northern Hemisphere) can be grateful for reasons to stay inside — and read. Which leads me to this list of new(ish) and upcoming …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Children's Books, Climate Change, Conservation, Fiction, New & Forthcoming Books, Nonfiction

EcoLit Books Success Story: Speak of the Devils

September 21, 2024 by John Yunker

I love to share EcoLit Success Stories from authors who have used our extensive list of environmental outlets to find homes for their poetry, stories and essays. So I’d be …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, Journals and Magazines, Rewilding, Success Story, Sustainability

Book Review: The Burning Earth, A History

September 12, 2024September 7, 2024 by John Yunker

Reading non-fiction books about climate change has, over the years, come to feel like a form of masochism. Rarely do I come away feeling optimistic about the future of this …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, History, Nonfiction, Oil, Sustainability, Veganism, W. W. Norton & Company, What we're reading

Writing Opportunity: Bellevue Literary Review

September 4, 2024 by John Yunker

I’m excited to be sharing this writing opportunity. It’s not every day that a literary journal asks specifically for animal-centric literature. The Bellevue Literary Review is publishing a theme issue …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Birds, Conservation, Endangered Species, For Writers, Journals and Magazines, Pets, Wolves, Writing Opportunities, Zoos

New and forthcoming environmental books (September 2024)

September 1, 2024 by John Yunker

Here are a number of recently published or about-to-be-published books that have come across our desks. Love Story with Birds By Derek Furr “Let us be at a loss for …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Ecomedia, Endangered Species, Oceans, Sustainability, What we're reading

North Woods, a novel by Daniel Mason

September 16, 2024August 9, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

Random House, 2023 “Shivers of lust passed through his elytra as he found her scent grow stronger,” and there we are, in the head of an Elm Bark beetle, one …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Fiction, History, Insects, Plants, Random House, Trees

New and forthcoming environmental books (August 2024)

August 3, 2024 by John Yunker

Amazing books keep coming our way and we’re pleased to share a few of them this month. Enjoy! Any Human Power by Manda Scott Sometimes it takes a revolution to …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, For Writers, Oceans, Rewilding, Sustainability

Unintended Unsplash: The surprising journeys of animal photographs

July 6, 2024 by John Yunker

A few years ago, I was standing alongside Bear Creek, a small waterway in Southern Oregon, camera in hand, when a river otter approached. I captured the photo, thrilled to …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Birds, Conservation, Ecology, Essays, Hunting, PNW

Q&A with Bill Streever, author of A Sea Full of Turtles

June 18, 2024 by John Yunker

EcoLit contributor Bill Streever has a new book out, A Sea Full of Turtles, and it provides a hopeful antidote to the more dystopian environmental literature in bookstores today. Bill’s …

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Categories Author Q&A, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Oceans, Pollution, Q&A, Sustainability, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (June 2024)

June 9, 2024June 2, 2024 by John Yunker

Here’s the latest batch of books to come across our desks — enjoy! The first book is written by the founder of an amazing chicken rescue organization, Sweet Peeps, based …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Sustainability, Veganism, What we're reading
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