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Tim Winton on why he tackled climate change in his novel Juice

The 91av Book Club has been reading Tim Winton’s novel Juice this month, a blistering tale set in a far-future Australia where the heat is driving humanity to its limits. Winton talked to our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson about everything from what it’s like to live through extreme heat at his home in north-west Australia to how a lifetime of environmental activism and writing led him to finally write this novel. Winton also shared how it feels to not yet have a publisher in the US for this important tale of climate change and retribution.

Read more: Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton

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