![]() Megan Hunter’s The End We Begin With, Helen Marshall’s The Migration and Saci Lloyd’s The Carbon Diaries all take a near contemporary setting to imagine the experience of climate change consequences and responses in the here and now. Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water and Will Self’s The Book of Dave swept forward centuries into the future to explore a society haunted by the done and dusted conclusion of climate change. So the Hive has kindly given me space to post reviews of climate fiction books as well as blogging thoughts and articles on other aspects of my PhD experience.Īuthors have found different ways to engage with climate change and while the setting is always earthbound, the timescales have varied hugely, from near present, through the medium term and into the far future. I’ve now started on a PhD project at the same university with the catchy title “ Navigating the mystery of future geographies in climate change fiction.” ![]() Having taken a career break from secondary schooling to pursue some post graduate study I’ve completed an MA in Creative Writing at Queen’s University Belfast. ![]() This is an occasional series of posts drawing on my excursion into the academic side of creative writing. ![]()
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