Climate change narratives in fiction

Climate Scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. How are writers responding to this crisis?
Books in bold examine the stories by women, men and writers directly about climate change scenarios.
Other novels are included that address aspects of the environmental crisis.
AUSTRALIA
Bodkin, Frances D'harawal Seasons and Climatic Cycles, YAF Sydney, New South Wales: Hugonnet Design Associates, 2008.
Bedford, J. To Make A Killing, An Anna Southwood Mystery, Sydney, Auckland and London: Angus & Robertson, 1992.
Coetzee, John Dance of the Freaky Green Gold, YAF Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2008.
D‘Alpuget, B. White Eye, Ringwood: Penguin, 1993.
Hansen, Derek Blockade, Sydney: Harper Collins, 1998.
Lang, Steve The accidental terrorist, St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2005.
Larkin, L.A. Thirst, Millers Point: Pier 9, 2012.
Legge, K. The Unexpected Elements of Love, Camberwell, Victoria: Viking. 2007.
Litchen, John and the waters prevailed, 2010, https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/John72
Lord, Gabrielle Salt, Ringwood, Vic.: McPhee Gribble, 1990.
Machanick, Philip No Tomorrow, 2nd edition, Taringa, Qld: RAMpage Research 2007.
Vance Palmer, Cyclone, North Ryde, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson, 1947
Prichard, Katherine Susannah Working Bullocks, Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson, 1972.
Selenna Nemeton, Koonya, Tasmania: Koonya Press, 1992.
Stewart, Alison Days Like This As the World Grows Older, It’s Dangerous Being Young, YAF Victoria: Penguin: 2011.
Townsend, Ian. The Devil’s Eye. Sydney: Fourth Estate, 2008.
Turner, George The Sea and Summer, London; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1987.
Vormair, Jean A Rain forest in Time, Mirrabooka, Western Australia: Jarrah Publications, 1988.
White, Patrick. Eye of the Storm. Great Britain: Jonathan Cape, 1973.
Williams, Tess Sea As Mirror, Sydney: HarperCollins, 2000, first published 1990.
Winton, Tim Shallows, Sydney, New South Wales: George Allen and Unwin, 1984.
Wright, Alexis The Swan Book, Sydney: Giromondo, 2013.
Wright, Alexis Carpentaria. Sydney: Giramondo, 2006.
Xenophou, Theodore Mountain in the Sky. Campbelltown, South Australia: Castle Publishing, 1982.

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