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How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes

“We are living apocalyptically.”

The Conversation

When did the climate crisis begin?

How old is the climate crisis?

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Climate change has deep historical roots – Amitav Ghosh explores how capitalism and colonialism fit in

Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated author of 20 historical fiction and non-fiction books. The Indian thinker and writer has written extensively on the legacies of colonialism, violence and extractivism. His most famous works explore migration, globalisation and commercial violence and conquest during the colonial period, against the backdrop of…

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Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh review: How the word hipster was coined — and the world hooked on opium

In Hackney, the London borough where I live, “hipster” is an essential bit of anthropological vocabulary. For they are everywhere, and come in various subclassifications. But where does this term-of-art, associated closely with East London and the trendier bits of many cities, actually come from? The poppy fields of India,…

Evening Standard

‘Telling truths about this moment’: climate change author Jeff Goodell curates vital exhibition

The acclaimed writer takes on a new challenge with his first art show, bringing together work and writing that tells a long history of environmental change

The Guardian - US

Interview | Amitav Ghosh on his new book ‘Smoke and Ashes’

Amitav Ghosh talks about the power of poppy in the world and how it continues to be more important than we realise. He reflects on his Bengali upbringing and how it has shaped his writing, and his most ambitious work, the ‘Ibis Trilogy’.

The Hindu

Amitav Ghosh to talk on his book and the hidden history of opium at BIC

On Sunday, the Bangalore International Centre (BIC), in Domlur in collaboration with the Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) and Harper Collins, will host author Amitav Ghosh and historian Ramchandra Guha for a discussion on Ghosh’s book, Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories.

The Hindu

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Pure petrofiction: why writers will keep drilling for stories about oil

From tales of ‘hissing’ oilmen to ‘crying’ trees, novels about petroleum and its devastating effect on communities and the environment are powerful fiction for our times – with the potential for prophecy

The Guardian - UK

Ambition, corruption and guerilla gardening: Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood is a horror story for our time

Almost every review to date mentions the brutal argument that closes the first section of Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood. In a novel filled with incident – disasters, chases, one very bad acid trip, general maleficence – it is telling that this scene lingers.

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Akram Khan puts nature front and centre in new production of The Jungle Book

A NEW work by the acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan is always a highly anticipated event in the world of dance-theatre. The creator of such…

The National (Scotland)

Stories draw us to the hero’s journey, but individual empathy doesn’t help us see the bigger picture

Traditional western storytelling conventions aren’t up to the task of understanding the enormity of the climate crisis or the pandemic

The Guardian - AU

A lexicon of loss: we lack adequate concepts to describe our role in making the planet imminently unliveable

Developing a language to describe climate change needs both the sciences and the humanities

The Hindu

Four novelists, one ocean: how Indian Ocean literature can remap the world

Novels make worlds. They create an intuitive sense and mental image of a place. And the senses of space produced by fiction shape how readers see the world itself, just like maps do.

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