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Tim Jones

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Poetry

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I'm an author from New Zealand who writes climate fiction, science fiction, literary fiction, and poetry. I won the New Zealand Society of Authors Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship in 2022.

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Emergency Weather is my new climate fiction (cli-fi) novel from The Cuba Press, published in October 2023. Three people find themselves in Wellington, New Zealand as the climate crisis crashes into their lives. A giant storm is on its way – what will be left of the city when it’s over?

Where We Land is my climate fiction (cli-fi) novella from The Cuba Press, published in 2019. An earlier version of this novella, Landfall, is available from Amazon.com as a Kindle eboo ...more

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	Emergency Weather 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where We Land (The Cuba Press Novella Series, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transported 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men Briefly Explained 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anarya's Secret 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Sea Land it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extreme Weather Events 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry by Tim Jones (Goodreads Author), P.S. Cottier (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landfall 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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