Climate Literature Book Club

https://youtu.be/eKlD57kUjRc Love literature and want to read more about the climate? This book club gives you the perfect opportunity to discuss a variety of contemporary novels that engage with the changing climate. Engaging with world literature, from science fiction to realism, we will discuss the challenges of climate change and questions of hope, adaptability, and resilience as they emerge across these novels: Tues 06 Oct, Michael Christie's Greenwood Tues 03 Nov, Wu Ming-Yi's The Man with the Compound Eyes Tues 01 Dec, Ian McEwan's What We Can Know Tues 02 Feb, Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behaviour Tues 02 March, Charlotte McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore Tues 06 April, Jens Liljestrand's Even if Everything Ends ___________________________________________ The book club is developed and led by Dr Sarah Robertson (UWE English Literature), whose current research is on climate change and literature. The book club is free of charge and you can join by dropping-in with no prior booking (though it would be great if you could let Sarah know at Sarah.

Robertson@uwe.ac.uk if you are intending to join, just so she has a rough idea of numbers). It takes place on the first Tuesday of every month from 7pm to 9pm. For more details, visit: https://www.thisiswhyweread.com/book-clubs/