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Solar power. The end of war. Gender role reversal. Dirigibles. First published in 1905, Rokeya Hossain’s short story “Sultana’s Dream” is steampunk avant la lettre, strikingly advanced in its critique of patriarchy, conflict, conventional kinship structures, industrialization, and the... Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
[ Electric Literature | 2022-08-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Steve Jenkins, widely praised for his distinctive and detailed cut- and torn-paper collages depicting animals and the natural world, has died at age 69. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A spate of new books wrestle with complex questions about what humans seek from nature and what we should give back. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
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On this day in 1935, the highly acclaimed poet Mary Oliver was born in Maple Heights, Ohio. Oliver, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and later the National Book Award for Poetry in 1992, was by all accounts a private person who sought solace in the natural world. Throughout the course of her... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-10 15:24:16 UTC ]
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“Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows” and “Empire’s Eagles: The Fate of the Napoleonic Elite in America” show unexpected sides of the military upstart Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-04 14:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has pre-empted Aarathi Prasad’s book Silk, a history of “the natural world’s most extraordinary invention”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-01 08:45:54 UTC ]
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The National Book Award recipient plumbed the natural world for its wisdom, exploring the Arctic tundra, the Antarctic waters and the spaces in between. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-30 17:34:15 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors has awarded grants to 48 writers, worth more than £185,000, to enable them to complete works in progress including queer auto-fiction, forgotten histories, and books about post-colonial Kenya and the natural world. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 04:36:42 UTC ]
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These 41 essays tell another type of nature story, one that asks readers to see the natural world as something other than a reflection of themselves. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-24 14:25:16 UTC ]
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Anthony McGowan and Shaun Tan this week won the CILIP Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal respectively for their books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 14:49:12 UTC ]
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Like moons, Ancient Greece and adolescence, spring has given writers inspiration for centuries. “To what purpose, April, do you return again?” asks Edna St Vincent Millay, noting the “redness / of little leaves” and “the spikes of the crocus”. To Shakespeare, this time of year puts “the spirit... Continue reading at 'British Council global'
[ British Council global | 2020-05-01 14:56:50 UTC ]
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Audible is to publish audio exclusive title, Animal Societies: How Co-Operation Conquered the Natural World, by Professor Ashley Ward. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-27 12:27:09 UTC ]
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Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, we looked back at every National Book Award for Fiction and Nonfiction winner of the 21st century. | Book Marks “A closeness comes from an every-day giving of attention.” Nina McLaughlin on finding the natural world in Ovid. | Lit Hub What does the debutante ball... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-20 11:30:40 UTC ]
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Author Nnedi Okorafor is known for her award-winning Afrofuturist works, stories rooted in African culture and perspective that explore beyond the realm of what is currently possible. Okorafor’s writing examines the intersection of technology, the natural world, and magic, building a world in... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-17 08:47:48 UTC ]
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The poet and essayist recalls visiting two archaeological sites where “the past can spill out of the earth, become the present.” Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-03 16:54:28 UTC ]
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Bluebird has landed an illustrated guide to reconnecting with the natural world by floral artist and nature writer Willow Crossley. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 07:46:27 UTC ]
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Sarah Larson writes about the illustrator Gyo Fujikawa, whose children’s books celebrated the beauty and power of the natural world and the earthly pleasures of the people walking around in it. Continue reading at 'New Yorker'
[ New Yorker | 2019-06-21 19:01:35 UTC ]
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OUP has bought three picture books about the natural world by author/illustrator Yuval Zommer. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature writer Nicola Davies has been appointed BookTrust’s new writer-in-residence. Davies, who takes over the role from Nadia Shireen, will use her six-month residency to encourage children to explore the natural world around them. “I’m very happy to have been chosen to be a Writer in... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A one-eyed fox must survive a volcano and enemies in the natural world in this beautifully illustrated wordless graphic novel from the creators of 'Love: The Tiger.' Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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