A website exploring the novel's themes of climate change and artificial intelligence
Did you know that some people love spoilers? Does knowing the climax or plot twists in advance make reading a book more or less enjoyable for you? The subject of spoilers surfaced for me this week as I participated in a book tour of Court of the Grandchildren run by Blackthorn Book […] Read More
Author Marissa Slaven and I are both members of the Climate Fiction Writers League. The League asked us to interview each other about our respective books for their blog. I gather that’s because we both wrote about a near-future world setting. It turned out to be a lot of fun. Here’s part […] Read More
What a treat it was to watch The Magnetic Theatre perform a virtual reading of the stage adaptation of Court of the Grandchildren on an inspired date: Earth Day April 22nd. Hosted by artistic director Katie Jones and under the stewardship of the play’s director Jason Williams, ten actors all gave wonderful […] Read More
I am excited to announce the details of a performance of the stage adaptation of Court of the Grandchildren by The Magnetic Theatre in North Carolina. As mentioned at the book release, The Magnetic Theatre has selected the play for performance on stage in their 2022 season. In the meantime, they will […] Read More
I am old enough to remember the novels of the 70’s and 80’s which depicted averted nuclear holocausts. Nuclear obliteration was avoided through the heroic actions of a central character, striving against the forces of communist evil (or the military-industrial complex of the west). Why mention this? Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel, The […] Read More
Is the headline misleading? Well sort of. But the screenshot image is accurate. Court of the Grandchildren launched on March 23rd and by the 25th we were climbing up the rankings of the Legal Thrillers category. When I clicked on the New Hot Releases tab on my iphone, this is what I […] Read More
Greg and I are thrilled to announce that Court of the Grandchildren was officially released on March 23rd, 2021. It is available both in print and as an e-book and can be purchased through any of your favourite online booksellers (see list elsewhere on this page), including Amazon(Aus), Amazon(USA), Google Play or […] Read More
Robert Reich was fourteen when he was forced by a cruel stepfather to leave the 1956 foment in Budapest. Stuck with an ambivalent uncle and his girlfriend, he accompanied them on their passage to the unknown. It turned out to be Australia. There followed citizenship, a name change and a Ph.D. in […] Read More
“We’re going over the waterfall, but I’m paddling my little boat upstream.” That’s how author Rod Taylor describes the scale of his personal resistance against the tide of climate change. But he does himself a disservice. In his book Ten Journeys on A Fragile Planet, Rod has sewn together ten stories of […] Read More
“Just sitting back this morning … enjoying the aroma… of my first sips of a hot cuppa of… insults from climate deniers… more proof that: CLIMATE DENIAL IS A LOST CAUSE”. That’s almost a daily refrain on twitter from Canadian Ph.D. chemist and climate twitteratti Gerald Kutney as he engages with climate […] Read More