The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett was an early work of climate fiction

By Davina Quinlivan, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, University of Exeter

I grew up in a mixed-heritage family. Both of my parents’ childhoods were deeply affected by colonialism in India and they often told me stories about this period in their lives. As a result, I inherited a sense of place and a feeling for a country which was never my home.

It’s a strange feeling, which I still struggle to put into words, though I tried in my memoir, Shalimar: A Story of Place and Migration, which holds at its heart the sensation and imagery of India’s…

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