‘Praiseworthy’ longlisted for Climate Fiction Prize
Alexis Wright’s Praiseworthy (Giramondo) has been longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize.
Chair of judges Madeleine Bunting said Praiseworthy ‘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 and climate crisis in Australia’.
The longlisted titles are:
- Private Rites (Julia Armfield, Fourth Estate)
- The Ministry of Time (Kaliane Bradley, Sceptre)
- And So I Roar (Abi Daré, Sceptre)
- Briefly Very Beautiful (Roz Dineen, Bloomsbury)
- Orbital (Samantha Harvey, Vintage)
- The Morningside (Téa Obreht, W&N)
- Water Baby (Chioma Okereke, Quercus)
- The Mars House (Natasha Pulley, Gollancz)
- Praiseworthy (Alexis Wright, Giramondo).
The Climate Fiction Prize aims to ‘celebrate the most inspiring novels tackling the climate crisis’ and ‘reward and showcase powerful stories that depict the human response to climate change; how it impacts us and how society responds’. Prize organisers said: ‘For societies to fully grasp the climate change threat and to embrace its solutions, we need better stories. It’s not enough for audiences to know about climate change; they need to see an uncertain future and understand that change is urgent but possible.’
The shortlist will be announced on 19 March 2025, with the winner announced in May 2025.
More information is available on the prize website.
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