Book Talk: The Working, with BrightFlame
Please join BrightFlame for a discussion of her latest book, The Working (Water Dragon Publishing, 2024).
A modern coven must thwart a looming eco-cataclysm and find the key to the bright future we need.
Betsy’s a modern-day Witch with an ageless problem: she’s worried about screwing up her coven’s ritual. Again. But the coven has a bigger issue to face – the destruction of their home thanks to a fracked gas pipeline. And then an even bigger problem – a greed-fueled entity will soon obliterate Earth’s ability to support life.
Tarot cards indicate the coven must sort among allies and threats, human and ethereal.
Follow Betsy, Sail, Fire, Mari, and Tal as they disentangle the truth and seek the magic to avert the cataclysm.
Fans of The Once and Future Witches and The City We Became will love The Working for its feminist, justice-seeking, ensemble cast. Readers hail The Working for its diverse characters, real magical practice, and tilt towards hope.
BrightFlame (she/they) is Strategist for Regenerative Earth Practices at the Center for Sustainable Futures, which features her nonfiction writing and workshops. She is known worldwide for her teaching and writing that blend spirituality, science and activism towards a just, regenerative world. Her key focus is helping people connect with the Earth and develop a de-centered relationship with Nature and all beings. The Working, her debut solarpunk novel, launched in 2024: a modern coven must thwart a looming eco-cataclysm and find the key to the bright future we need. Her short climate fiction appears in Solarpunk Creatures, Solarpunk Magazine, Optopia, and Bioluminescent. With her partner, she tends a native plant sanctuary of forest and meadow. Her musings and doodles: https://brightflame.c
This event is co-sponsored by the Teachers College Center for Sustainable Futures.
Where: 306 Russell / Online
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