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'One evening in the driest grasses in the world, a child who was no stranger to her people, asked if anyone could find hope. The people of parable and prophecy pondered what was hopeless and finally declared they no longer knew what hope was. 

The clocks, tick-a-ty tock, looked as though they might run out of time. Luckily, the ghosts in the memories of the old folk were listening, and said anyone can find hope in the stories. The big stories and the little stories and the ones in between.'

- Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, p12

Introduction and Methodology

1. Climate Change Novels:

• Adult
• Young Adult and Children

2. Humans Changing Relationship to the Non-Human World:

• Environmental Activism
• Writing About Extreme Weather Events and Pollution

3. Adaptation and Maladaptation to the Australian Continent:

• New Worlds, Old Worlds: in a Global Context 

4. Framing Contemporary Cli-Fi

Conclusion

Glossary of Theoretical Concepts and Terminology

Bibliography:

• Novels
• Critical Works

Image Credits

Acknowledgements

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