If you care about innovative fiction and you care about the climate crisis, here’s an interview with the writer Deborah Tomkins, in which she talks about her novella-in-flash Aerth, which was joint winner of the 2024 Weatherglass Novella Prize, judged by Ali Smith.
It’s a remarkable book! A blend of science fiction, speculative and climate fiction, presenting two alternate worlds – Aerth and Urth – and two contrasting systems of living.
Deborah offers a number of insights into her writing process here, and the interview ends by offering an innovative exercise for your own writing… Do take a look!