ecofiction book club
Led by Colette Copeland
2026 February, May, September
Initial Meet Up, Sunday, January 18
United States: 10am HST, Noon PST, 1pm MST, 2pm CST, 3pm EST
Europe: 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CET
Australia: Monday, January 19, 7am AEDT
Welcome to the ecoartspace ecofiction book club for 2026, which will be led by member Colette Copeland. There will be three books and three online meet ups. Discussions starting in February, then May, and September. We will be meeting in January for introductions and to come up with the best days/times to convene. Depending on how many participants sign up, discussions will last somewhere between 60-90 minutes. The three books to be read include: Once There Were Wolves (2022) by Charlotte McConaghy situated in Scotland where a team of biologists are reintroudcing gray wolves in the Highlands; second, a story of a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee titled Flight Behavior (2015) by Barbara Kingsolver that energizes religious leaders, climate scientists, environmentalists, and politicians; and, the third set in the world's largest ocean titled Playground (2024) by Richard Powers, which explores the last wild place yet to be colonized. Discussion questions will be sent out a week before each meet up.
"My philosophy on book choices is to emphasize different aspects of environmental issues and climate change, through contemporary literary fiction with some cross-over into other genres." Colette Copeland
Led by
Colette Copeland is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in Granbury, Texas. Inspired by Dada and Fluxus, her artistic practice combines personal narratives, history, and contemporary culture using a variety of media including video, photography, sound, performance, printmaking and sculptural installation. Her performance videos utilize experimental narrative strategies to map the complexities of human and non-human relationships. Over the past 34 years, Copeland's work has been featured in 40 solo exhibitions and 170 group exhibitions and festivals across 35 countries. She holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Syracuse University and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Texas. In 2023–2024, she received a Fulbright Scholar Research Award to document contemporary female artists in India working with socially engaged practices, and to develop an experimental sound project that amplifies the voices of female, non-binary, and queer communities. Copeland currently writes for Arteidolia and Glasstire online publications and is a member of International Association of Art Critics (AICA-USA). She is an avid bibliophile and leads two monthly book clubs.
This series is $15 for members (only). All participants MUST REGISTER.
