A growing list of our stories
We’ve started a new list of books, films, and more at the Discord, all written from our own members. See #our-stories at the Discord. One of our members, Navarre, also added these to a list at Open Library.
Discord – our top books read in 2022
A question in our weekly questions thread in the 2nd week of January was to choose our top books read in 2022. In no particular order, here are our favorites, so if you’re looking for something to read right now, maybe give these a try. The Deep, Rivers Solomon Weird Fishes, Rae Mariz Africa Risen, …
Discord – 2023 January self-promo
Sara Davis’s Climate roundups are always interesting. This month is Stop trying to make climate denial happen. Check out the Beyond Cataclysm podcast, where Rachel Rosen talks about Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the Ring. Bright Flame and Sarena Ullibari have stories in the beautiful Optopia Issue #5, The Mushroom Issue. Jack Waro has part …
Eco-games
Thanks to so many wonderful game suggestions (primarily video games, but not all) from the Rewilding Our Stories community, we have a new eco-gaming section here at Dragonfly. While some games lean toward environmental lessons and strategize ways to reconstruct ecological systems, others beautifully immerse the player into an explorative world where nature and wilderness …
What we’re reading
In 2021, Ecofictology’s Lovis Geier and I decided to start a Discord community titled Rewilding Our Stories. We wanted a discussion community to serve academics, journalists, scientists, publishers, authors, artists, musicians, game designers, readers, and others interested in the “mama genre” of eco-fiction. This category of literature covers stories in which nature, the environment, and …
April 2022 – Flights of Foundry
The Rewilding Our Stories Discord was so excited to have been accepted into 2022’s Flights of Foundry conference. The link is still up but might go away before the 2023 event. The Discord is a group of eco-fiction readers who are interested in climate and ecological themes in contemporary and speculative arts and literature. We …
Book club
Visit Discord’s #book-club for more information and always check the pinned posts for the latest updates. Currently we’re suggesting our next book club read until August 20. At that time, we’ll take a few days to vote and then allow some time for acquiring the winning suggestion. Our reading schedule is casual and allows you …
Join
To join the Rewilding Our Stories Discord, download Discord (downloading is preferable to opening in the browser) and create an account if you haven’t already. Click our permanent invite here. Wa-la! You should now be a part of the Discord. Discord can be confusing at first, but there are ways to jump in, get started, …