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This reading list is for about about bushfires, floods, droughts and other catastrophes.

Bushfires

Ash Road by Ivan Southall. Three young boys camping in the bush inadvertently start a bush fire.
The River Baptists by Belinda Castles (setting and character as major appeals). One of the characters enjoys lighting bushfires.

Floods


Droughts


Other catastrophes
Dirt music by Tim Winton (setting as major appeal). This novel is about loss, guilt and recovery.

The drover's wife by Henry Lawson (setting as major appeal). The short story is about ordinary acts of hardship wearing people away.

Books of the change by Sean Williams (story, setting and character as major appeal)
  • The Stone mage & the sea
  • The Sky Warden & the sun
  • The Storm Weaver & the sand are about a whole world in crisis and (interestingly for fantasy novels) feature amazing descriptions of South Australia.
The books of the cataclysm by Sean Williams (story, setting and character as major appeal)
  • The Crooked Letter
  • The Blood Debt
  • The Hanging Mountains
  • The Devoured Earth
This series predates and post dates the Books of the change. The these novels show how the cataclysm is caused and the ongoing consequences for the world, which shifts geographies and possibilities.






Books with character as the major appeal
Books with setting as the major appeal
Books with story as the major appeal
Books with language as the major appeal
Books with All four Appeals




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