Inclusive Climate Writing with Lynn Buckle

Join award-winning author Lynn Buckle for an introduction to inclusive climate writing. See how to embed nature, ecology, and climate crisis solutions into your stories. Whether you write poetry, historical fiction, crime, romance, sci-fi, or literary prose, your words can alter the behaviour of individuals and society, towards a more sustainable way of living. Join the growing cohort of authors who have adopted solution-based creative writing to help save the future of the planet through storytelling. Suitable for all levels of writing experience and all levels of hearing.

Captions and assistive listening devices provided by Chime, the national charity for D/deaf & Hard of Hearing People.

Lynn Buckle is a (very) hard of hearing author published by époque press. She has worked in education for over 35 years and founded the worldwide climate writers’ group, Writing for a Change, at The Irish Writers’ Centre. She is also a visual artist and works for Chime, the national deaf and hard-of-hearing charity. Her second novel, What Willow Says celebrates nature, deafness, languages, and familial love. Exploring the landscapes and stories of the Midlands, it presents a unique perspective on trees and embedded climate action. It won The Barbellion Prize, an international literary award dedicated to the furtherance of chronically ill and disabled voices and was an Irish Times and Independent critics’ pick-of-the-year. Lynn received the Greywood Arts Carers Award, The John Hewitt Society Bursary, and a Special Mention in the Saboteur Awards. She was shortlisted for The Red Line Short Story Award and represented Ireland as a UNESCO Cities of Literature Writer in Residence at the UK National Centre for Writing. She writes literary articles and creative non-fiction for The Irish Times, Arachne Press, Massachusetts Review, Exacting Clam, Books Ireland Magazine, Distinct at Disrupt Disability Festival, Repair to Care at Kilkenny Arts Office, and appears in various anthologies.