{"id":2153,"date":"2022-09-19T17:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2022-09-19T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T17:52:11","slug":"blog-climate-justice-disability-and-african-sf-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?p=2153","title":{"rendered":"Blog: Climate Justice, Disability and African SF (September 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apologies for being ostensibly absent for a while &#8211; I have been disabled (and am now partly deaf) from the ongoing march of right sided <em>Meniere&#8217;s Disease<\/em>. Added to this, the world is in a dystopian hole right now, but there are glimmerings of hope. I have published several articles that may be of interest. Riffing off the issue of <em>Climate Justice and Growing Global Inequalities,<\/em> I have an <em>Open Access<\/em> article in the special climate issue of <strong>Psychology in Society <\/strong>with water activist <strong>Faeza Meyer<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pins.org.za\/pins\/pins63\/PINS-Issue-63_Article_Wood_Meyer.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pins.org.za\/pins\/pins63\/PINS-Issue-63_Article_Wood_Meyer.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, on the issue of climate, I have some recent recommendations for the<strong> Five Best Books on African Climate Change SF<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.com\/best-books\/african-climate-speculative-fiction\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/shepherd.com\/best-books\/african-climate-speculative-fiction\">here<\/a>. Also of note, my short story<strong><em> A Pall of Moondust<\/em><\/strong> (<strong>Omenana <\/strong>2021) has been republished in <strong>THE BEST OF BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION 2021<\/strong>, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newconpress.co.uk\/info\/book.asp?id=203&amp;referer=Hp\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.newconpress.co.uk\/info\/book.asp?id=203&amp;referer=Hp\">here<\/a>. Additionally, from the US, in <strong>THE YEAR&#8217;S TOP TALES OF SPACE AND TIME 2,<\/strong> see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasticfiction.com\/k\/allan-kaster\/years-top-tales-of-space-and-time-2.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fantasticfiction.com\/k\/allan-kaster\/years-top-tales-of-space-and-time-2.htm\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glimmerings of hope? From all of those\/us at the vanguard of pushing for better futures for all, including our fragile, living planet. Onwards, stewards of the Earth &#8211; let us reclaim our emerging futures&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nick Wood<\/strong>: <em>September 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-1024x519.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-250x127.png 250w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Cover Images<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for being ostensibly absent for a while &#8211; I have been disabled (and am now partly deaf) from the ongoing march of right sided Meniere&#8217;s Disease. Added to this, the world is in a dystopian hole right now, but there are glimmerings of hope. I have published several articles that may be of interest. 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