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Cli-fi: Fiction's New Frontier

Bringing the climate into the foreground of fiction

Jane Caro
James Bradley (Photo credit Nicholas Purcell)
Inga Simpson
Thursday 22 May 2025
3-4pm
Event Code: 38
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When did the environment emerge from the background of our stories to become the focus? And is it possible to write fiction today that ignores the elephant in the room – the climate crisis?

James Bradley (Landfall), Jane Caro (Lyrebird) and Inga Simpson (The Thinning) are three writers who intertwine themes of climate change in their latest novels.

Hear these writers muse on climate’s role in fiction and the changing literary landscape. In conversation with host Beejay Silcox.
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