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‘Climate Futures: Writing YA ’ with Isobelle Carmody & Helena Fox

‘Climate Futures: Writing YA ’ with Isobelle Carmody & Helena Fox

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Isobelle Carmody's latest book, Comes the Night, is set in a dystopian Canberra. Helena Fox's award-winning second novel, The Quiet and the Loud, explores coming of age against the backdrop of the 2019 bushfires. They sit down with Dr Christine Howe to talk about writing YA fiction in an uncertain climate future.

Buy Comes the Night: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Isobelle-Carmody-Comes-the-Night-9781760294762

Buy The Quiet and the Loud: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760983024/


ⓘ South Coast Readers & Writers Festival 2026

The South Coast Readers & Writers Festival 2026 is on in Thirroul on 25 & 26 July. For more info go to⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://southcoastwriters.org/festival⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

Early bird tickets are available now at:⁠⁠⁠ https://events.humanitix.com/south-coast-readers-and-writers-festival-2026

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Recorded by Peter Frankis


The South Coast Writers Centre acknowledges the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and we offer our respect to elders past, present and emerging.



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