What does climate change actually mean? From the BBC Drama The Trick (2021) about climate scientist Phil Jones

American warning Canadians:

#bookgiveaway It's publication day & Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the #EmpressofIreland Shipwreck is now in bookstores across Canada! To celebrate we're giving away 5 signed copies. Go to my website to enter into a random draw: evelazarus.com/win-a-copy-of-… photo 32 Books & Gallery

Yes. This! Get involved in work happening in your city on climate. You can have a huge impact in pushing for change at the municipal level. thewalrus.ca/as-global-clim… Arno Kopecky The Walrus

For the Vancouverites: fab event on May 22 at UBC Botanical Garden on imagining climate changed futures. I'll be giving the keynote talk but don't let that hold you back, get your tickets now: shop.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/products/clima…

If you want to escape reality by traveling to some awesome nerdy book destinations, here are a few I've been to and loved - let me know what I've missed! lisabrideau.com/post/travel-de…

The messages from Gaza are horrifying. As Palestinians scream for help and post their goodbyes, there is barely a whisper from the media, our officials are silent and the international community is useless. There is no more humanity in a society that normalizes genocide.

People looking back on this period will never understand, because there is no way to understand, how Israel deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, how food aid piled up at every border of the Gaza strip and the entire world could not compel Israel to let it through

For the Vancouverites: fab event on May 22 at UBC Botanical Garden on imagining climate-changed futures. I'll be giving the keynote talk but don't let that hold you back, get your tickets now: shop.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/products/clima…

Can we please get moving on accelerating the shift to renewables?

Evacuations now in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. I wrote a novel (Adrift) set in 2038 where Canada had something called the National Disaster Response Team that would help communities deal with climate-related events. I'm thinking we need this sooner rather than later....

How depraved do you have to be to starve an entire population, lure and humiliate them with crumbs, and then shoot and kill them…

🇨🇦 Check out the latest addition to the E. H. Norman Library! 📘 "Adrift" by Lisa Brideau - a climate thriller 📒 "In the Upper Country" by Kai Thomas - a new lens on Black Canadian history. Details: bit.ly/EHNLibE #BookOfTheMonth

#BookReview: The Tiger and the Cosmonaut by Eddy Boudel Tan “The Tiger and the Cosmonaut presents an authentic, timely, and moving account of the Asian immigrant experience through a distinctly British Columbian lens—one that should resonate long after reading it” Penguin Books Canada

Why do I repeatedly find myself having to defend #GretaThunberg from malicious smears, falsehoods and personal attacks? I think we need to get some things very clear. 1/🧵

Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again. We encourage everyone to download their Warming Stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th & Saturday 21st June. ShowYourStripes.info Graphic: Change in global average temperature (1850-2024)

My book is in the library at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo - how amazing is that? I love seeing it in such unexpected places! ♥️

We're in the "Don't Look Up" era. Climate change is accelerating faster than expected, the science is clear and yet denial is thriving. Worse still, parties like Reform UK spread deliberate misinformation to gain votes. Sea surface temperatures are 8 standard deviations above

⚡Kudos to the Government of B.C. (BC Government News) for launching the Clean Power Action Plan — advancing climate action while growing our economy & improving energy security for generations to come. Learn more: bit.ly/4lxdW1x Photo credit: Stephen Yang/The Solutions Project

Paperback copies of my award winning novel Adrift are on sale for a price so low I can't type it here!! It's almost free! If you like near-future suspense stories, amnesia, and found family, you might love this.... amazon.com/Adrift-Novel-L…