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The Cultural Frontline: Fiction and our climate emergency

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Fiction & our climate emergency

11/02/2023 GMT

Fiction and our climate emergency

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Fiction and our climate emergency

Can fiction writers change how we think about our global climate emergency?

Tina Daheley hears from authors around the world, including Peter May, Bijal Vachharajani and Pitchaya Sudbanthad

Authors from around the world tell us why and how they reflect on our global climate crisis in their stories. Tina Daheley talks to three authors about the challenges and opportunities in putting climate change in their books - how to be realistic but encourage the reader to take action rather than despair. 

Bestselling thriller writer Peter May joins us from France. His new book, A Winter Grave, uses crime fiction to get a climate message across to readers who might not expect it. 

Bijal Vachharajani in India writes and commissions books for children. Her books include A Cloud Called Bhura, So You Want to Know About the Environment, and Savi and the Memory Keeper.  

And Pitchaya Sudbanthad was born in Thailand in the city which lends its name to his book, Bangkok Wakes To Rain. 

Producer: Paul Waters

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