Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello, I’m Bob, and I’ve loved reading the longlist for this brand-new prize, looking at the environment through fiction!

Enjoy, and I’m excited to follow this prize more as it continues!

More information about the prize on their website here: climatefictionprize.co.uk/2025-prize

Books Mentioned:

00:00 Introduction
03:01 Julia Armfield- Private Rites
04:57 Kaliane Bradley- The Ministry of Time
08:04 Abi Daré- And So I Roar
10:09 Roz Dineen- Briefly Very Beautiful
12:18 Samantha Harvey- Orbital
14:30 Téa Obreht- The Morningside
16:31 Chioma Okereke- Water Baby
19:10 Natasha Pulley- The Mars House
22:07 Alexis Wright- Praiseworthy
26:34 My Favourites

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