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What we’re reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (August 2025)

August 11, 2025 by John Yunker

There is a maxim that “nothing happens in publishing in the summer.” Apparently, that maxim doesn’t apply to environmental literature — as we’ve seen a wide range of impressive books …

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Categories Activism, Animals, History, New & Forthcoming Books, Nonfiction, Plants, What we're reading

A much-needed journal debuts: Animal History

August 3, 2025 by John Yunker

There is a new academic journal worth checking out: Animal History. It is edited by Thomas Aiello, professor of History and Africana Studies at Valdosta State University; Susan Nance, professor …

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Categories Animal History, History, Horses, Journals and Magazines, What we're reading

ASLE announces finalists for 2025 Book Awards

June 28, 2025 by John Yunker

ASLE has announced the finalists for its biennial book awards and I’m excited to see a few titles reviewed here at EcoLit Books, like Sea Change, Soil and The Last …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Contest, Ecology, Endangered Species, Insects, Pets, Sustainability, What we're reading

Animal Writes book launch & writing prompts

June 20, 2025 by John Yunker

Thanks to everyone who joined our book launch yesterday. For those who couldn’t be there, here is the recording — in which we share a few short readings and three …

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Categories Animal Rights, Animals, Education, Events, For Writers, Pets, Q&A, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (June 2025)

June 15, 2025 by John Yunker

As we reach the halfway point of 2025 we have another exciting group of books to share. Enjoy! The Secret of Whylder Wood By Elaine Ramsey Park Woods and Whylder …

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Categories Animals, Pollution, Rewilding, What we're reading

Book Review: There Are Reasons For This

June 4, 2025June 3, 2025 by JoeAnn Hart

A novel by Nini Berndt Tin House, June 2025 Desire is the driving force of any story. What do the characters want? In There Are Reasons For This, Nina Berndt’s …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Fiction, Tin House, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (May 2025)

May 6, 2025 by John Yunker

Imagine a lion who decides one day that he will no longer survive off eating animals. This is the premise of Erasmus Joseph Lion by Marvin Rollick, one of a …

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Categories Anthropocene, Birds, Conservation, Gardening, New & Forthcoming Books, Organic Farming, Veganism, What we're reading

Book Review: Your Neighbor Kills Puppies

March 26, 2025 by John Yunker

In Your Neighbor Kills Puppies: Inside the Animal Liberation Movement author Tom Harris has written a comprehensive history of the battles won and lost in the UK, US and around …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Veganism, What we're reading

Q&A with Christina Rivera, author of My Oceans

March 8, 2025 by John Yunker

Christina Rivera is an author from Colorado whose girlhood was bordered by coastlines of the Pacific Ocean. Her debut book, MY OCEANS was longlisted for the Graywolf Press Prize, a …

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Categories Author Q&A, Climate Change, Conservation, Oceans, Q&A, What we're reading

Book Review: Kernels of Resistance by Liza Grandia

March 1, 2025 by John Yunker

Nearly 30 years ago, the first genetically modified (GM) seed produced a tomato known as the Flavr Savr. The tomato was engineered for longer shelf life which was where it …

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Categories Book Reviews, Ecology, Gardening, History, Nonfiction, Oil, Organic Farming, Plants, Sustainability, University of Washington Press, What we're reading

Animals in World History: The long-overlooked protagonists of our planet

January 26, 2025 by John Yunker

If history is written by the victors, then this book is a much-needed step forward in our awareness and understanding of the non-human animals who have suffered at the hands …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, History, Nonfiction, Pets, Routledge, What we're reading, Zoos
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