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<li><span>Published:</span> 1 December 2020</li>
<li><span>ISBN:</span> 9781761040405</li>
<li><span>Imprint:</span> Vintage Australia</li>
<li><span>Format:</span> Trade Paperback</li>
<li><span>Pages:</span> 256</li>
<li><span>RRP:</span> $29.99</li>
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<li><a
href="https://www.penguin.com.au/browse/non-fiction-prose">Non-fiction
prose</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/browse/the-environment">The
environment</a></li>
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<p>Leading Australian writers respond to the challenges of
2020, to create a vital cultural record of these
extraordinary times.</p>
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<p>2020 began with firestorms raging through the country,
followed by floods, and then a global pandemic that has
changed how Australians think, feel and live. We all
experienced this year differently, but one thing rings true
for all of us: this is a year we won’t forget.</p>
<p>This anthology brings together original work from a diverse
collection of Australian voices, from writers to scientists,
journalists to historians, all expressing what 2020 meant to
them. They write of ash falling from the sky, fish dying on
riverbanks, loved ones lost, loved ones reunited, the
historical resonance of fire and plague for Indigenous
Australians, geopolitical tensions, the changed nature of
travel, friendships rekindled on Zoom, the urgency of the
Black Lives Matter movement, the state of the arts and the
media, the importance of nurturing our inner lives,
communities destroyed and communities rebuilding.</p>
<p>FIRE FLOOD PLAGUE is a vital cultural record of the
resilience and humanity needed in these extraordinary times.</p>
<p>Including original pieces from Lenore Taylor, Nyadol Nuon,
Christos Tsiolkas, Melissa Lucashenko, Billy Griffiths, Jess
Hill, Kim Scott, Brenda Walker, Jane Rawson, Omar Sakr,
Richard McGregor, Jennifer Mills, Gabrielle Chan, John
Birmingham, Tim Flannery, Rebecca Giggs, Kate Cole-Adams,
George Megalogenis, James Bradley, Alison Croggon, Melanie
Cheng, Kirsten Tranter, Tom Griffiths, Joëlle Gergis and
Delia Falconer.</p>
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