LAX LAB 2.0 | school of climate fiction

CliFi – A new way to talk about climate change by John Abraham, The Guardian (2017)

Stories to save the world: the new wave of climate fiction by Claire Armitstead, The Guardian (2021)

Why all fiction is climate fiction now: When art intersects with unavoidable reality by Nishant Batsha, LitHub (2022)

Theatre in the age of the climate change: The intimacy of the climate crisis by Chantal Bilodeau, HowlRound (2023)

Climate Fiction: A Special Issue by Amy Brady, Guernica (2019)

How fiction can persuade readers that climate change is real by Anna Colivicchi, euronews (2020)

Climate fiction shifts readers’ beliefs—but not for long by Sarah DeWeerdt, Anthropocene (2020)

Amitav Ghosh: where is the fiction about climate change? by Amitav Ghosh, The Guardian (2016)

Global warning: the rise of 'cli-fi' by Rodge Glass, The Guardian (2013)

As the climate changes, so does fiction: Planetary warming is no longer the sole province of “climate fiction.” It’s creeping into all kinds of writing by Heather Hansman, The Atlantic (2022)

‘Cli-fi’ might not save the world, but writing it could help with your eco-anxiety by Rachel Hennessy, Alex Cothren, Amy T Matthews, The Conversation (2021)

What “climate fiction” does by Lindsay Lerman, The Philosophical Salon (2020)

This course uses ‘climate fiction’ to teach about the perils that a warming planet faces, by Debra J. Rosenthal, The Conversation (2023)

Can Science Fiction Wake Us Up to Our Climate Reality?: Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels envision the dire problems of the future—but also their solutions by Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker (2022)

A look at the growing genre of climate fiction by Scientific American (2013)

‘If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate by Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian (2023)

Climate fiction: Can books save the planet?: A new literary genre that focuses on the consequences of environmental issues is striking a chord with younger generations—and engaging them in thinking about the Earth’s sustainability by J.K. Ullrich, The Atlantic (2015)

Climate fiction won't save us: As the world burns, readers increasingly look to climate fiction for hope, predictions, and actionable solutions. But can the genre really be a manual for useful change? by Jeff VanderMeer, Esquire (2023)

Opinion: One surprising source of hope for climate change? Fiction by Daniel Vitale, LA Times (2023)

The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction: "My novel is going to be coming true for the rest of my life." by Kate Yoder, Grist (2023)