Narratives around climate change: Eco-fiction genres

Posted on March 27, 2023Comments Off on Narratives around climate change: Eco-fiction genres

What are the stories being told about climate change?

Today, BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week looked at the narratives of the past, present and future of climate change:

The world is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history. Kirsty Wark talks to an historian, scientist and novelist about how to convey the story and impact of climate change… In what has become known as the literary genre clifi – climate fiction – novelist Jessie Greengrass reveals the physical and emotional challenges... BBC Radio 4 – Start the Week, Climate – past, present and future

Here’s her book: 

A searing novel that takes on parenthood, sacrifice, love, and survival under the threat of extinction, The High House is a stunning, emotionally precise novel about what can be salvaged at the end of the world. The High House by Jessie Greengrass review – apocalypse and family love | Fiction | The Guardian

And here’s a look at the literary genre SolarPunk, which looks to the future in a positive, hopeful way: An Introduction to The Solarpunk Genre | Book Riot

And here’s a good overview: Solarpunk, Cli-Fi: Eco-Fiction Genres to Get You Excited About the Future of Solar · HahaSmart

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