Join us for a special event celebrating the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize shortlist, following its announcement on March 18 with judges, Arifa Akbar, Dr. Friederike Otto, Jessie Greengrass and Simon Savidge. 🗓️ Wednesday, 18 March 🕗 6:00 pm 📍 The Conduit 🔗 Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2026-c...

Introducing the 12 stunning longlisted books! First, Dusk by Robbie Arnott 🐈 Dusk is an explosive novel of the wild, and the lengths humans will go to control it. Learn more about Dusk: climatefictionprize.co.uk/longlist-2026/

Some great looking speculative novels on here 👇🏼

HUGE congratulations to the longlistees & the judges, who have delivered a wonderfully rich, wide-ranging & eclectic choice of books for the @climate-fiction.bsky.social. Having loved being a judge last year, it's so exciting to see this prize, readership & themes grow. Better get reading!

"Remarkably, judging the Climate Fiction Prize has not been depressing." Following the judging process, Climate Fiction Prize judge and broadcaster, @savidgereads.bsky.social wrote this piece for @thebookseller.com on his experience reading for the prize. www.thebookseller.com/comment/narr...

We are DELIGHTED so say that our very own @jonmcgoran.bsky.social 's THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING has been longlisted for the 2026 @climate-fiction.bsky.social Prize in very distinguished company! Congratulations to all the nominees! https://climatefictionprize.co.uk/ Buy now: https://geni.us/priceofe

Congratulations @jonmcgoran.bsky.social @solarisbooks.bsky.social, thrilled to have you on the longlist 👏👏👏

The Climate Fiction Prize 2026 longlist is here! 🤩📚 This longlist shows the limitless scope of climate fiction, from gripping thrillers to experimental literary works, folklore and reimagined myths to science fiction and generational family saga. Full list here: climatefictionprize.co.uk

2026 Climate Fiction Prize Announce Stellar Judging Panel as Submissions Open! 📚 @arifa.bsky.social 📚 Jessie Greengrass 📚 @kitdewaal.com 📚 @frediotto.bsky.social 📚 @savidgereads.bsky.social Publishers have until 13th November to submit novels published between 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2025.

What a fantastic evening - congratulations Abi Daré on winning the inaugural @climate-fiction.bsky.social with #AndSoIRoar! A very moving & powerful speech from Abi, as well as fellow judge & chair Madeleine Bunting, & Lucy Stone of Climate Spring, & stirring sounds & music from Jason Singh!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m....

AND SO I ROAR by Abi Daré wins Climate Fiction Prize! 'A story of how the climate crisis can provoke social crisis where often women and children are the victims. Abi Daré holds faith in the strength of individuals and relationships. Her hopefulness leaves us inspired' CFP Chair, Madeleine Bunting

Q&A with CFP shortlisted author Roz Dineen, whose novel Briefly Very Beautiful was recently described at 'sensational' by @newscientist.com @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Honoured and delighted to share our Q&A with Booker Prize winner and Climate Fiction Prize shortlisted author, Samantha Harvey. The winner of the Climate Fiction Prize will be announced on Wednesday 14th May. @jonathancape.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

A fascinating and thought-provoking Q&A with Abi Daré, author of CFP shortlisted novel AND SO I ROAR. @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social Look out for the winner's announcement on 14th May!

"I am very excited to be in such great company, as I was on the excellent longlist. It's an important new prize and I'm delighted to be part of it." Check out our shortlisted author Q&A with Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time. (@hodderbooks.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social)

Looking for a read that is gripping, relevant, beautiful & hopeful? Check out @climate-fiction.bsky.social's long or shortlist (or other brilliant books in this genre-not-genre.) It’s a huge privilege being a judge. Winner announced 14th May. More from me below: www.thebookseller.com/comment/clim...

Thank you Newbury Today & Trish Lee for this lovely write up @climate-fiction.bsky.social www.newburytoday.co.uk/lifestyle/in...

The @theguardian.com view on the climate fiction: no longer the stuff of sci-fi www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How might we imagine & respond to an unfair present & an uncertain future, recognising a new-found will to build a way through climate crisis? I wrote this for @thebookseller.com about how @climate-fiction.bsky.social platforms & celebrates books that answer... www.thebookseller.com/comment/clim...

Guardian article covering the Climate Fiction Prize shortlist @climate-fiction.bsky.social #booksky #climate-fiction #clifi

Great to see the Climate Fiction Prize launched today - @Climate_Fiction. Really interesting shortlist of just 5 novels - all of them by women,as it happens. Check it out: @climate-fiction.bsky.social

Lovely piece @climate-fiction.bsky.social @theguardian.com! Books to "promote & celebrate the power & joy of storytelling, showing how we might see ourselves anew in the light of the climate crisis, & respond to its challenges with hope & inventiveness” #booksky www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

THE SHORTLIST. Stories have the unique ability to spark imagination, offer new perspectives and make complex issues resonate. These five novels do just that - spanning genres and geographies, they explore resilience, justice, community and what it means to live in a changing world.

Whose going to the London Book Fair? We'll be there tomorrow at 1.45pm, Thursday 13th March, for an event at the Focus Theatre: Climate Fiction: The Rapid Rise of Climate Storytelling. The session will focus on how the climate fiction space is expanding and reaching a more commercial audience.

@hayfestival.bsky.social has now launched its programme and we're delighted to be in it! If you'd like to join us, you can book your ticket here: www.hayfestival.com/p-23556-the-...

I had the best time reading the longlist of what is a very exciting new book prize- The Climate Fiction Prize! @climate-fiction.bsky.social Here is me talking about the 9 books on this very strong longlist! youtu.be/DSpkj3maHfo?...

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT ‘This book makes you giddy, plunging you into a distinctive form of narrative which transports you into a different world view, and with that the outrage of the devastating consequences of environmental destruction...’ – Madeleine Bunting, Climate Fiction Prize Chair of judges

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT The Mars House by @natashapulley.bsky.social ‘An interstellar love story dealing with future relationships between both Mars and a climate endangered Earth and the issues around power and compromise between two people.’ – @andyfryers.bsky.social, Climate Fiction Prize judge

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT Water Baby by Chioma Okereke. ‘The novel vividly captures Makoko’s beauty and struggles, with Yemoja’s resilient journey exploring tradition, modernity, and environmental crises. It’s a gripping, thought-provoking read.’ – @toritsui.bsky.social Climate Fiction Prize judge

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT The Morningside by @teaobreht.bsky.social 'A free-wheeling dystopian future on a flooded planet whilst exploring the mother/daughter relationships and the beauty and importance of myths and folklore.' – @andyfryers.bsky.social Climate Fiction Prize judge

It has been such a galvanising joy & journey of discovery & imagination activism, judging the @climate-fiction.bsky.social prize … read any Climate Fiction lately? #BookSky

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT ‘A majestic hymnal of what we have, what we share and what we stand to lose. Our only home observed on repeat from the end of a lyrical umbilical cord, from the planet which birthed and sustains us, it reads like a preparatory eulogy.’ @nicolawriting.bsky.social CFP judge

LONGLIST HIGHLIGHT ‘Stunningly, poetically realised, an urgent, tender and raw observation of how, when things come upon us at our most tender and vulnerable, we are compelled to act and protect, again and again.' @nicolawriting.bsky.social, Climate Fiction Prize judge

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT ‘Adunni is a compelling character in this heartbreaking novel, exposing the harsh realities faced by women and girls worldwide underscored by intersectional environmental issues. It’s a tough but essential read.‘ Tori Tsui, Climate Fiction Prize judge NB Shortlist: 19th March.

In this issue: 🇺🇸 Joe Biden issued warnings about climate in his last televised speech. 🔥 Research found that fossil fuels made the LA fires “burn hotter”. 📚 Carbon Brief explores a push to grow the “climate fiction” genre. 📆 Key dates for next week and pick of the jobs buff.ly/4aoJsKJ

What’s happened this week in climate change? DeBriefed: Trump looms; Fossil fuels made LA fires ‘burn hotter’; Has ‘cli-fi’ come of age? ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org 📝 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org ➡️ buff.ly/4aoJsKJ Sign up to our newsletters: buff.ly/4eCwdqq

Imran Khan, one of the founders of The Climate Fiction Prize spoke to @carbonbrief.org last week about our aim to expand the climate fiction genre: "We didn’t want it just to be climate dystopias. We wanted to be stories of hope, change and possibility as well.” www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-17...

LONGLIST SPOTLIGHT PRIVATE RITES by Julia Armsfield "Julia Armfield is extremely adept at describing dysfunctional relationships through her storytelling, whilst also creating a believable chain of catastrophic environmental events as a sombre backdrop." -David Lindo (aka @urbanbirder), CFP judge

Huge thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social 's inspiring Thought Leadership Lecture ‘Another World Is Possible’ & Cultural Philanthropy Foundation's Jasmina Bidé who celebrated the Climate Fiction Prize longlist as part of their discussion @southbanklondon.bsky.social climatefictionprize.co.uk

Great to see the longlist out in the wild. I really enjoyed reading these on behalf of @hayfestival.bsky.social I hope you enjoy read them as well. Now onto the harder job of selecting the shortlist.

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright is longlisted for the first-ever Climate Fiction Prize! 🎉🎉🎉

The Climate Fiction Prize’s first-ever longlist is here! The globe-spanning, all-female longlist offers a unique collection of narratives, styles and genres, showcasing the stellar array of novels being written in the climate fiction space. climatefictionprize.co.uk