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Aug 23, 2021, 12:56 PM

The Jewish literary/climate activist you never heard of

I'm sure that most of you reading this blog post have never heard of the "Cli-fi" literary term before, and that's exactly why I'm posting this here. I coined the literary genre term in 2011 as my personal way to...

Dec 19, 2020, 1:45 PM

Professor in Taiwan explains why some Westerners shun Covid-19 masks in public

Wu Yueh-hua is an associate professor at National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism’s applied Japanese department. He has some words of advice for Westerners in America, Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy and other parts of Europe: wear Covid-19...

Dec 12, 2020, 11:43 AM

Can novels save the planet? Cli-fi Is giving it a go, writes Theodora Sutcliffe

Can Books Save the Planet? asks literary critic Theodora Sutcliffe in a recent news article. Her answer: ''Cli-fi Is Giving It a Go'' ''It’s a truism that fiction teaches us about the world we live in: norms and cultures, values...

Dec 6, 2020, 9:43 AM

Is cli-fi a new label or an old genre? German book festival ponders the question

The recent Climate Fiction Festival Berlin at Literaturhaus Berlin was an international cli-fi literary festival involving German cli-fi novelists, German journalists and German literary critics along with dozens of American, Turkish, Italian, Bulgarian and French writers participating via online...

Dec 3, 2020, 9:08 AM

Berlin Climate Fiction Literary Festival Dec. 4-6 has multilingual global flair

The upcoming Climate Fiction Festival Berlin at Literaturhaus Berlin is an international cli-fi literary festival involving German cli-fi novelists, German journalists and German literary critics along with dozens of American, Turkish, Italian, Bulgargian and French writers particpating via online...

Nov 15, 2020, 1:14 PM

Sci-fi website allows Taiwanese fans to join as citizens of country called Taiwan

For the past ten years or so, sci-fi fans from Taiwan were not allowed to join the Tor Sci-Fi website as citizens of a country correctly called Taiwan. Until just recently, Taiwanese fans had to register at the free...

Nov 12, 2020, 9:26 AM

A friend named Trevor: Longtime British resident of Japan, father of 2 daughters

The last letter I received from my British friend Trevor said: "Am going with my wife to the States soon for a few days to see Caroline's new house. She's bought a place in Menifee, south of Los Angeles." Then...

Oct 30, 2020, 10:46 AM

Time flies, but ‘Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House’ remains a children’s classic

I wrote a children's picture book for Jewish kids at Hanukkah time in the 1985 titled "Bubbie and Zadie Come to My House" (and it's still in print and available from Amazon's ordering site online) and it begins like...

Oct 25, 2020, 10:54 AM

Finland’s 34-year-old Prime Minister Sanna Marin bares it all to expose misogyny

Yes, it's true: Finland’s 34-year-old Prime Minister has recently bared it all to expose ''misogyny'' in Finland and worldwide. Google the news to see images from the photo shoot and they are completely SFW (safe for work). One headline in...

Oct 22, 2020, 9:48 AM

‘Cancel culture’ is a danger zone. But there is a key to getting out: Forgiveness

Cancel culture has entered a dangerous new phase. But there is a key to getting out: ''forgiveness,'' says cancel culture observer Jennifer Graham. Some experts who have already weighed in on the dangers of un-moderated and un-factchecked cancel culture: Fred...

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About Me

Dan Bloom curates The Cli-Fi Report at www.cli-fi.net. He graduated from Tufts University in Boston in 1971 with a major in Modern Literature. A newspaper editor and reporter since his days in Washington, D.C., Juneau, Alaska, Tokyo, Japan and Taipei, Taiwan, he has lived and worked 5 countries and speaks rudimentary French, Japanese and Chinese. He hopes to live for a few more years.