An Antarctic ‘polar thriller’ and a neurodivergent novel imagine a climate changed future
- Written by Caitlin Macdonald, Doctor of Philosophy (English) / PhD graduate / Researcher, University of Sydney
Two new Australian novels imagine how we might live in a climate‑changed future. Bri Lee’s Seed explores antinatalism in an Antarctic seed vault. And Rose Michael’s Else follows a mother and daughter improvising survival on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Together, these novels ask what we owe future generations –...





