Ep. 6: Exploring Grief in Climate Fiction with Author Renan Bernardo

Hello friends! In this episode, I chat with Renan Bernardo about how grief weaves through many of his stories, but that, for him, writing solarpunk means bringing readers from those dark depths to a brighter place.

LINKS Ep. 6: Exploring Grief in Climate Ficiton with Author Renan Bernardo

* Virtual Author Panel on Hopepunk (Susan Kaye Quinn, T.K. Rex, Renan Bernardo, Brianna Castognozzi, Watertown Library, Jan 2023)

* A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair by Renan Bernardo (Samovar Magazine, February 2023)

* A Shoreline of Oil and Infinity by Renan Bernardo (Escape Pod #863)

* When It's Time to Harvest by Renan Bernardo (Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors)

* Look to the Sky, My Love by Renan Bernardo (Solarpunk Magazine #1, Nominated for a Utopia Award)

* Different Kinds of Defiance by Renan Bernardo, Short Story Collection (Android Press) including The River that Passed Through My Life (originally published in Portuguese by Editora Dame Blanche)

* Eight Steps to Steal a Yacht and Build a Hospital by Renan Bernardo (Solarpunk Magazine #8)

* The Orchard of Tomorrow by Kelsea Yu (Clarkesworld)

* Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures, edited by Francisco Verso (releases 9.3.2024 in ebook and print)

* Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainabile World edited by Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, Translated by Fabio Fernandes (World Weaver Press, English translation of the world’s first solarpunk anthology from Brazil and Portugal)

* The Offer of Peace Between Two Worlds by Renan Bernardo (Diabolical Plots)

* The Complete Log of Week 893819—Dana’s Story by Renan Bernardo (Apex Magazine)

* The Plasticity of Being by Renan Bernardo (Reactor Magazine)

(transcript available on substack)

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