Vegan authors on the road

John Yunker

John Yunker

Sep 13, 2024

If you're in Portland, Seattle or St. Louis, join us this fall as we read from Devils Island

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Upcoming opportunity for vegan novelists

John Yunker

John Yunker

Jan 05, 2024

Ashland Creek Press will be accepting full-length novel submissions during the month of March 2024.

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When will climate change marches advocate for animals?

John Yunker

John Yunker

Sep 22, 2023

The recent climate march in New York City was about oil drilling -- why were animals left out of the discussion (again)?

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Ask ChatGPT: How do you convince someone to go vegan?

John Yunker

John Yunker

Mar 17, 2023

It didn't take me long to turn to something vegan-related and so I asked ChatGPT how I'd go about convincing a carnivore to become vegan.

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He/She/Animal: Now Is the Time to Drop "It"

John Yunker

John Yunker

Feb 19, 2023

The world faces many environmental challenges, as do the animals all around us. One way to move forward in a positive way would be to honor all animals—not only the ones who share our homes—with a he, she or they.

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The Emergence of Vegan Studies: Interview with vegan author Laura Wright

John Yunker

John Yunker

Dec 30, 2022

"To my mind, Animal Studies, broadly speaking, has always been about humans, about how we understand ourselves in relation to non-human animals."

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Interview with vegan author Deb Olin Unferth

Midge Raymond

Midge Raymond

Dec 17, 2022

I had the idea for the book but I needed facts. If I was going to write such a crazy plot, I wanted to be as accurate as possible. Ideally, everything I described could happen. I wrote the article as a way to get AR organizations and farmers to talk to me. 

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Book Review: Deb Olin Unferth’s BARN 8

Midge Raymond

Midge Raymond

Dec 10, 2022

It’s rare to find a novel whose plot centers around animal rescue, and rarer still to encounter one that is deftly written and gets it (mostly) right—which is among the many reasons Deb Olin Unferth’s Barn 8 is both a terrific and important book.

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What's on your vegan bookshelf?

John Yunker

John Yunker

Nov 26, 2022

Show your love for vegan books and their authors with a dedicated shelf

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The artists who are helping us hear what animals have to say

John Yunker

John Yunker

Nov 22, 2022

So much of animal activism is focused around what one sees — witnessing the beauty as well as the suffering of the animals we share this planet with. But what about focusing less on one’s eyes and more on one’s ears? 

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Hello, I'm a vegan author

John Yunker

John Yunker

Nov 14, 2022

Part of being a vegan author is letting the world know you're a vegan author

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The Necessary Evolution of Environmental Writing

John Yunker

John Yunker

Nov 06, 2022

It’s been said that writing acts as a mirror, reflecting our culture, our time and place in history. Yet writing can also influence culture, nudge it forward, or redefine it entirely. This is the role of new environmental writing.

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Welcome to Vegan Authors

John Yunker

John Yunker

Oct 30, 2022

Just as vegans often wonder if a meal is vegan, they may also wonder if the author of a book is vegan.

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