Book Launch: Scorchers

Scorchers is the first ever pan-Australasian anthology of climate fiction writings. Including pieces by some of Aotearoa and Australia’s and most celebrated authors, its sixteen contributors have responded to a deceptively simple provocation: How can writers respond within the short fiction format to the overwhelming reality of the climate crisis? The resulting collection spans rural towns and futuristic metropolises, space stations and back yards, familiar laneways and underground cities. Its themes of love, loss, despair and tentative hope transcend its immediate settings and speak urgently to the burning issue of our times.


Can't make it to the launch? You can pre-order your copy here from Five Dogs Books

Dr Russel Norman is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. He was a Member of Parliament and co-leader of the Green Party. Norman resigned as an MP in October 2015 to work as Executive Director of Greenpeace Aoteoroa/New Zealand 

Dr Hinemoa Elder MNZM is a youth forensic psychiatrist from New Zealand; she is a Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and on the Māori Advisory Committee of the Centre for Brain Research - Rangahau Roro Aotearoa. She is author of Aroha: Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet (2020).

Readings by contributing authors Patricia Grace, filmed especially for the evening by director Wiremu Grace, and Owen Everitt, via live link.