Press release: Sunvault
Upper Rubber Boot Books
PO Box 41232, Nashville, TN 37204
www.upperrubberboot.com
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BOOK RELEASE DATE: 29 AUGUST 2017
Contact: Joanne Merriam
Email: joanne@upperrubberboot.com
Hope is in fashion again
Upper Rubber Boot publishes the first general-interest anthology of solarpunk stories
Nashville, TN — Upper Rubber Boot Books announces the release of Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation on Tuesday, August 29th. Edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland, Sunvault focuses on fiction, poetry, and artwork about people who fight to solve ecological disruptions.
“This is the first anthology to broadly collect solarpunk writing,” said Joanne Merriam, the Publisher. “The genre is pretty new, and we’re very excited to be on the vanguard of science fiction which emphasizes hope and solutions.”
Contributors include New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older, World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar, Elgin Award nominee Kristine Ong Muslim, Lambda Literary Awards finalist A.C. Wise, and James Tiptree, Jr. Award winner Nisi Shawl, as well as Jess Barber, Santiago Belluco, Lisa M. Bradley, Chloe N. Clark, Brandon Crilly, Yilun Fan and translator S. Qiouyi Lu, Jaymee Goh, José M. Jimenez, Maura Lydon, Camille Meyers, Lev Mirov, joel nathanael, Clara Ng, Sara Norja, Brandon O’Brien, Jack Pevyhouse, Bethany Powell, C. Samuel Rees, Iona Sharma, Karyn L. Stecyk, Bogi Takács, Aleksei Valentín, T.X. Watson, Nick Wood, and Tyler Young.
A new genre for the 21st Century, solarpunk is a revolution against despair. Focusing on solutions to environmental disasters, solarpunk envisions a future of green, sustainable energy used by societies that value inclusiveness, cooperation, and personal freedom.
ABOUT UPPER RUBBER BOOT BOOKS
Upper Rubber Boot Books is a small press based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in poetry and speculative fiction.
Cover: https://upperrubberboot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Sunvault-cover.jpg
Book information: https://upperrubberboot.com/sunvault/
NetGalley: https://is.gd/zjsw0L
Publishers Weekly review: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-937-79475-0
Release date: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
