April Reading

Happy Spring Everyone!

Spring has sprung, and with the days getting longer and warmer, one's thoughts naturally turn towards the environment (especially with all those birds chirping at 3 in the morning). So, for April, the month with Earth Day, we have chosen to read a piece of environmental science fiction, "Appleseed" by Matt Bell.

Author Bio: Matt Bell is an American writer who has published several novels and a slew of short stories. In addition to writing, he teaches English at Arizona State University and serves as the editor for Dzanc Books and The Collagist, a monthly online literary magazine.

Summary: Traveling from 18th Century Ohio to the second half of the 21st Century and concluding a thousand years from now with North America covered by a massive sheet of ice, "Appleseed" is one part speculative fiction, one part techno-thriller and one part modern fairy tale. It is a meditation on climate change, responsibility, manifest destiny, and the myths & legends that help sustain all humans.

Book: "Appleseed"

Author: Matt Bell

Availability: it is a few-years-old-book and is currently available now in trade paperback or used in hardback; however, It is also available for purchase as an Audible book, for the Kindle (could also work with other digital systems) as well as for your listening pleasure via an audio CD set. However, local libraries, Amazon.com, aLibris.com, Bookshop.org, and others of their ilk should be able to provide access to the story via print, digital, or audiobook.

Format: Print: Trade paperback (new) & hardback (old); Digital, Audible and Audio CD

Date: 15 April 2024

Time: 1800 - 2000 (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.)

Location: Zoom

As always, if anyone is having trouble locating the reading, please drop the moderators a line via our official website, the Facebook page, or reply to the email.

Enjoy the fresh Spring air by reading outside!

-Moderators Jess & Beth

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