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Apr
29th

Pioneering Canadian Editor Archiving ‘Cli Fi’ Novels Worldwide (Guest Post)

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Dan Bloom


Climate fiction novels, dubbed “cli fi” by climate activist and literary theorist Dan Bloom, posit a very near future dramatically altered by global warming. A recent news article in the Winnipeg Free Press in Canada by reporter Jen Zoratti and headlined “Are We Getting Warmer” outlined the way in which the global media has slowly been taking “Cli Fi” seriously and boosting its profile worldwide, from Finland to Australia, from Denmark to Norway.

Starting out by writing that “a brave new world calls for a brave new literary genre,” Zoratti noted that while ”cli-fi is a buzzy play on sci-fi, the term simply describes all works of fiction in which a changing (or radically changed) climate serves as a central plot point.”

Zoratti also noted that the ”celebrated Canadian author Margaret Atwood has also helped to normalize the ‘cli fi’ term, using it in an op-ed for ‘Canadian Living’ magazine about climate change.” And it’s true: Ms. Atwood has been an important normalizer as the cli fi meme has climbed the media mountains of the world’s presses and websites.

Part of the focus of the Winnipeg Free Press article was on Canadian editor and webzine curator Mary Sands Woodbury, the webmaster and “brains” behind her popular site called ”Cli Fi Books.”

“Non-fiction does a great job letting us know the facts, but fiction has the opportunity to capture the imagination,” Woodbury, a Vancouver-based author and editor, was quoted as saying. Her site, Clifibooks.com, is a webzine that archives cli fi novels that are related, of course, to climate change and other global issues.

Woodbury grew up in the American Midwest and studied at Purdue University in Indiana. Her ‘cli fi’ novels archives now serves as a one-stop shop for readers searching out works about climate change, Zoratti reported.

The new genre’s breadth is a reflection of its subject matter, Woodbury told the Winnipeg newspaper, adding that there are many stories to tell and she hopes writers around the world will tell them. And don’t be surprised if a cli-fi section appears at your local bookstore in the years to come.

Woodbury says is working hard to raise cli-fi’s profile through her website, noting: “My main goal is to archive books that have climate change as a theme, and I want to bring the genre into focus. I want to give readers some background about what cli-fi is — and what it’s becoming.”

Her website includes interviews with cli fi authors from around the world as well as blog posts about issues related to climate change.

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About Author
Dan Bloom is a freelance writer who blogs
at CLI FI CENTRAL.


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