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'A different kind of nature writing, for a different kind of landscape.
'I went and sat alone where Jimmy has been lying. It is way down in the bush. The light is soft, the air and the earth are cool, and the smell is of leaves and the river. I cannot presume to know what he is doing when he lies here, but it seems that he is taking himself back to an ecology not wrought by the terror of the fires, not fuelled by our violence on the earth. He is letting another earth heal him.
'Philosopher Danielle Celermajer’s story of Jimmy the pig caught the world’s attention during the Black Summer of 2019-20.' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Other Ways of Living
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2022;
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose'At its start and end, Summertime is about two pigs: Jimmy and Katy. Jimmy survived the catastrophic fires of 2019-20. Katy died, even though her human companions had moved the pigs to what they believed was safer ground. Those human companions are Summertime’s author, sociologist Danielle Celermajer, and her partner, called T in the book.' (Introduction)
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From Catastrophe
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 3 2022; (p. 73-75)
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose 'In the final days of 2019 fires were moving ever closer to Danielle Celermajer's home, an area of rainforest on Dharawal country on the New South Wales south coast. To the north and south fires were burning through the forests, rapidly and out of control, causing huge destruction. In between preparations, evacuations of animals, and monitoring the volatile conditions, she wrote. This writing, from inside her experience of catastrophe, became Summertime.' (Introduction)
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Fires Spark Realisation of Our Doom
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 February 2021; (p. 14)
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose -
Looking Away : Balancing Horror and Hope Amid a Changing Climate
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 429 2021; (p. 49)
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose'It’s an achievement to write about the climate crisis – and the resulting increase in Australian firestorms – without having people turn away to avoid their mounting ecological unease. Despite experiencing the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 directly, I too am guilty of looking away. It’s easier that way. Danielle Celermajer, however, excels at both holding our attention and holding us to account, balancing the horror and hope of not-so-natural disasters, specifically extreme Australian bushfires, in her new book of narrative non-fiction, Summertime.' (Introduction)
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Danielle : Celermajer Summertime
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 6-12 February 2021;
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose
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Danielle : Celermajer Summertime
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 6-12 February 2021;
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose -
Looking Away : Balancing Horror and Hope Amid a Changing Climate
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 429 2021; (p. 49)
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose'It’s an achievement to write about the climate crisis – and the resulting increase in Australian firestorms – without having people turn away to avoid their mounting ecological unease. Despite experiencing the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 directly, I too am guilty of looking away. It’s easier that way. Danielle Celermajer, however, excels at both holding our attention and holding us to account, balancing the horror and hope of not-so-natural disasters, specifically extreme Australian bushfires, in her new book of narrative non-fiction, Summertime.' (Introduction)
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Fires Spark Realisation of Our Doom
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 February 2021; (p. 14)
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose -
From Catastrophe
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 3 2022; (p. 73-75)
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose 'In the final days of 2019 fires were moving ever closer to Danielle Celermajer's home, an area of rainforest on Dharawal country on the New South Wales south coast. To the north and south fires were burning through the forests, rapidly and out of control, causing huge destruction. In between preparations, evacuations of animals, and monitoring the volatile conditions, she wrote. This writing, from inside her experience of catastrophe, became Summertime.' (Introduction)
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Other Ways of Living
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , September 2022;
— Review of Summertime : Reflections on a Vanishing Future 2021 single work prose'At its start and end, Summertime is about two pigs: Jimmy and Katy. Jimmy survived the catastrophic fires of 2019-20. Katy died, even though her human companions had moved the pigs to what they believed was safer ground. Those human companions are Summertime’s author, sociologist Danielle Celermajer, and her partner, called T in the book.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2022 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Award for Non-Fiction
- 2021 winner ACT Notable Awards — Nonfiction — Big Press
