@HeatherInNZ @simplicitarian I really enjoyed #EmergencyWeather by
@timjonesbooks which for me anyway has the added advantage of including Wellington and the Hutt Valley as places I'm familiar with. A relatable book without being as scary as KSR's #books

I also love Becky Chambers #SFF #cozySF books but they're a bit further away from my reality.

Congratulations @timjonesbooks for inclusion of #EmergencyWeather in KeteBooks's Best #Books for suspense, mystery and plot twists for 2023!
#bookstodon 📚 😬 🌀 ⛈️
https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/bestof23fiction

I'm very happy that my new climate fiction novel Emergency Weather is on Kete's "Best of 2023" fiction list, and in good company - check out the list here: https://ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/bestof23fiction

#fiction #nzfiction #climatefiction #emergencyweather #aotearoa

Thanks SpecFicNZ & reviewer Nicky Taylor for this excellent new review of my #climatefiction novel Emergency Weather: https://specfic.nz/2023/12/06/review-emergency-weather-by-tim-jones/

"The ending is a reminder that while the climate pot is boiling, it’s not too late to turn down the heat a little." #EmergencyWeather @Kay

From Oscar Sweetman: In a new video on my BookTube channel, I review two books from two different authors - "The World I Found" by Latika Vasil and "Emergency Weather" by @timjonesbooks: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfy1H6Pma4

Thanks, Oscar! #EmergencyWeather #fiction #writinglife #Bookstodon

My new climate fiction novel "Emergency Weather" is partly set in the Hutt - listen to my interview with Hutt Radio about that and much else: https://on.soundcloud.com/Le6Kg #HuttCity

#EmergencyWeather is available now from https://thecubapress.nz/shop/emergency-weather/ & good bookshops around Aotearoa #books #Bookstodon #fiction #climatefiction

@thomasbeagle @FrancescaJ #ClimateEmergency maybe unavoidable and fatal for humanity as we know it. I'm sad and a bit angry.

I'm familiar with dystopian ideas from a lifelong love of #SFF science fiction and fantasy, and recently #CliFi.

My partner's a climate activist trying to get change for the sake of humanity, including our child. I support this but am less active.

I recommend #EmergencyWeather by @timjonesbooks for a hopeful NZ #CliFi #book. Ask your local library if they have it

Nov 11th 3-5pm: Come along to the Boneface Tavern at 13 Pirie St #Wellington and experience the NZ launch of new #horror #darkfantasy anthology "Remains to Be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa" - for free! I'll be reading from my poem "Guiding Star". Copies of #EmergencyWeather also available.

Event details: https://www.verbwellington.nz/festival-events-2023/dark-clouds

#Reading #Bookstodon #BookLaunch #RemainsToBeTold #VerbFestival #VerbWellington

"Talking Up a Storm: The Making of Emergency Weather" this coming Wednesday 18 October, 12.30-1.30, Unity Books Wellington

"Every year, The Cuba Press works with Whitireia Publishing students to take a book from manuscript to bookshelf, and this year that book was Tim Jones's climate-change thriller #EmergencyWeather. Join Tim, Paul Stewart from The Cuba Press and some of the Whitireia team that worked on Tim's novel for a panel discussion about the publishing process."

#books #Wellington

This is a good site for readers & writers from Aotearoa - NZ BookHub - an online sales site that makes it simple to purchase books from NZ independent bookshops instead of Amazon:

https://bookhub.nz/p/emergency-weather?barcode=9781988595726&search_key=9781988595726

Great to see bookshops stocking #EmergencyWeather #writers #readers #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

Bad Moon Rising from Creedence Clearwater Revival

I see the bad moon a-risin'
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today

Bad luck or #EmergencyWeather? 😉 @timjonesbooks

#LuckGoodOrBad
#JukeboxFridayNight
https://youtu.be/qrP5IClb6b8

Good reviews today for Emergency Weather #2: From Catherine Robertson on Radio New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018910488/book-critic-catherine-roberston #fiction #climatefiction #climate #books #bookstodon
#EmergencyWeather

Two other fine NZ books reviewed as well!

Good reviews today for Emergency Weather #1: From Greg Fleming in Kete: https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/emergency-weather-jones #fiction #climatefiction #climate #books #bookstodon #EmergencyWeather

Grab a copy of this week's Listener to read Octavia Cade's review of my novel Emergency Weather. #EmergencyWeather

"[This book] reminds readers that climate change consists of layers of trauma. [Aotearoa is] a small country, one where we still have the capacity to see each other, whether we're farmers or scientists or angry, dislocated kids. We have the capacity to pull together."

@jond @timjonesbooks Good to see #EmergencyWeather in the wild, so to speak.

Talking of the #book obviously, not forecast weather for Aotearoa NZ.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/499668/storm-and-tornado-warning-for-much-of-north-island

One year ago there was snow and freezing conditions over southern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand.

45 South chief executive Tim Jones said he was concerned about frost damaging 200 hectares of cherries in bloom.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/476141/south-island-braces-for-deluge-of-snow-and-freezing-temperatures

Not the @timjonesbooks who wrote #EmergencyWeather altho' he'd probably have shared the concerns. Is it a good thing that the risk of snow in 2023 is already less? A sign of #GlobalBoiling maybe
https://www.metservice.com/warnings/home#lower-south

Today in #Wellington sea ice scientists call for urgent emissions reductions to keep our climate liveable. Live panel on now!

Antarctic scientists concerned about dramatic sea ice retreat have issued the following statement from this emergency summit in Wellington. They call for urgent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions to keep the climate within liveable conditions.

#ClimateEmergency #EmergencyWeather
FYI @timjonesbooks https://www.antarcticscienceplatform.org.nz/updates/emergency-summit-on-antarctic-sea-ice-and-climate-change

I lived in Mataura as a child - a small town that later served as a dumping ground for toxic waste, at risk in every flood. The people of Mataura decided not to put up with it. I wrote about those floods and that resistance for Newsroom https://www.newsroom.co.nz/readingroom/the-floods-of-mataura #EmergencyWeather #floods #environmentaljustice

@norightturnnz If you're keen on #CliFi and you're in #Wellington you could come along to the launch of the novel #EmergencyWeather by @timjonesbooks on Wednesday 4 October at Unity Books in Willis Street at 6pm.

Here's some background
https://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2023/09/29/interview-emergency-weather-author-tim-jones/

@piwakawaka So many scenes from recent news were forecast by Kim Stanley Robinson in his #ClimateChange novels aka #CliFi #books Even a lake hitting 39C.

Many other authors are sharing warnings and hope. Worth visiting a library to check out a few.

I'm a bit nervous about future events in my home town of #Wellington too. It's in the new novel from @timjonesbooks #EmergencyWeather set in Aotearoa New Zealand with more believable extreme weather events on their way
https://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2023/09/29/interview-emergency-weather-author-tim-jones/