John Yunker
If you're in Portland, Seattle or St. Louis, join us this fall as we read from Devils Island
John Yunker
Ashland Creek Press will be accepting full-length novel submissions during the month of March 2024.
John Yunker
The recent climate march in New York City was about oil drilling -- why were animals left out of the discussion (again)?
John Yunker
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.
John Yunker
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.
John Yunker
"To my mind, Animal Studies, broadly speaking, has always been about humans, about how we understand ourselves in relation to non-human animals."
Midge Raymond
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.
Midge Raymond
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.
John Yunker
Show your love for vegan books and their authors with a dedicated shelf
John Yunker
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?
John Yunker
Part of being a vegan author is letting the world know you're a vegan author
John Yunker
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.
John Yunker
Just as vegans often wonder if a meal is vegan, they may also wonder if the author of a book is vegan.