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Writing Opportunity: Climate Stories in Action

February 5, 2024 by John Yunker

A great new opportunity for writers passionate about changing the world for the better — and I’d say that includes all readers of EcoLit Books… A partnership between Terrain.org and the Spring …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, For Writers, Writing Opportunities

Join us for Writing for Animals

February 5, 2024February 1, 2024 by Midge Raymond

We are thrilled to once again offer a live Zoom class for Writing for Animals, beginning March 2! We wanted to share a little bit about what you’ll be learning … …

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Categories Classes, EcoLit News, Education, Events, For Writers, Success Story, Writing Opportunities

Book Review: Vesper Flights

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

by Helen Macdonald Vesper flights is the name of the sunset behavior of swifts, who rise high into the air, out of sight, in order to reorient themselves to the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Sustainability, What we're reading

Book Review: FIRE WEATHER by John Vaillant

January 17, 2024 by Midge Raymond

John Vaillant’s Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World is not only the story of the devastating 2016 Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, Canada, but also a history of fire, …

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Categories Alfred A. Knopf, Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, Oil

Book Review: Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo

January 13, 2024 by John Yunker

In Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo: Stories from the Animal Archive author Daniel Vandersommers explores the evolution of the National Zoo as well as the far more limited evolution …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, University Press of Kansas, Zoos

Writing opportunity: 2024 Thoreau Society Fellowships

January 10, 2024 by John Yunker

The Thoreau Society is pleased to announce that it will offer two $1,000 fellowships in 2024 to support scholarly and creative work on Henry David Thoreau, including his writings, life …

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Categories Writing Opportunities

Book Review: How To Be Animal, A New History of What it Means to Be Human

January 7, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

By Melanie Challenger, (Penguin Books, March, 2021) To call someone an animal is considered a grave insult, but it is also the truth. We, the humans, we are all animals. …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Penguin Books, Penguin Random House, Rewilding

Book Review: FOLLOWED BY THE LARK by Helen Humphreys

January 7, 2024 by Ron Halvorson

Henry David Thoreau’s words were my companion during the writing of this novel. I read through all of his journals and his voice guided mine. I appreciated his wise and witty …

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Categories Book Reviews, Conservation, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, History, Hunting, Nonfiction, Sustainability, What we're reading

Book Review: LETTERS TO MY SHEEP by Teya Brooks Pribac

January 4, 2024 by Midge Raymond

In Letters To My Sheep, a lovely, thoughtful book comprising sixty-three short chapters, Teya Brooks Pribac, a scholar and multidisciplinary artist who lives in the Blue Mountains of Australia, shares musings, …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Essays

The ten most popular book reviews of 2023

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024 by John Yunker

As we enter 2024, here is a brief recap of the most-viewed book reviews in 2023:

Categories Book Reviews, Fiction, Nonfiction, What we're reading

Virtual event: Tracing Pathways to Positive Climate Futures

January 1, 2024 by John Yunker

Here is an interesting (and free) virtual event happening on January 16th at Noon Pacific time — a book launch for the Climate Action Almanac, presented by Arizona State University’s …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Ecology, Education, Events, For Writers, Oceans, Sustainability
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