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Nina Munteanu’s Climate Thriller Gaia’s Revolution Wins The Literary Titan Silver Book Award

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Every year Literary Titan celebrates the “brilliance of outstanding authors who have captivated us with their skillful prose, engaging narratives, and compelling real and imagined characters. We recognize books that stand out for their innovative storytelling and insightful exploration of truth and fiction. Join us in honoring the dedication and skill of these remarkable authors as we celebrate the diverse and rich worlds they’ve brought to life, whether through the realm of imagination or the lens of reality.”

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My climate thriller Gaia’s Revolution was honoured with Literary Titan’s Silver Book Award for 2026.

Read more about the book on Goodreads and my various articles here and on other sites, including The Meaning of Water. Gaia’s Revolution is Book 1 of The Icaria Trilogy.

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The Icaria Trilogy by Dragon Moon Press

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Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist / limnologist and novelist. She is co-editor of Europa SF and currently teaches writing courses at George Brown College and the University of Toronto. For the lates on her books, visit www.ninamunteanu.ca. Nina’s bilingual “La natura dell’acqua / The Way of Water” was published by Mincione Edizioni in Rome. Her non-fiction book “Water Is…” by Pixl Press (Vancouver) was selected by Margaret Atwood in the New York Times ‘Year in Reading’ and was chosen as the 2017 Summer Read by Water Canada. Her novel “A Diary in the Age of Water” was released by Inanna Publications (Toronto) in June 2020. You can read her just released eco-fiction thriller Gaia’s Revolution by Dragon Moon Press.

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Through the Portal Anthology Short Listed for 2025 BC Sunshine Coast Writers Award

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BC Writers Award 2025 Shortlist for fiction

July 16, 2025, the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society released their shortlist for the Annual Book Award for BC Authors contest.

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Given that several of the authors in the anthology are BC writers, Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia (edited by Lynn Hutchinson Lee and Nina Munteanu) was considered and became part of the short list for fiction.

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Learn more about the co-creation of a new narrative through hopeful dystopia. Winners will be announced at the Society’s Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Market on August 23. See the site for more details.

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Post Script: On August 23, 2025, “Through the Portal” won the award for fiction. Here is what the judges said:

“Every story in here is a delicious short gem.”

“An ambitious project with an unusual slant of positivity in the face of a dystopian future has turned into a solid piece of work, incorporating a good range of stories, some very literary and abstract, others simple tales of destruction and regrowth or the hope of regrowth.”

“Characters and situations in the selected stories show optimism and the power of the human spirit across a wide array of possible near- and far-term futures.”

“Most of the situations are inherently believable based on what we know about climate, industry, and the powerful politics of denialism.”

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Nina Munteanu is a Canadian ecologist / limnologist and novelist. She is co-editor of Europa SF and currently teaches writing courses at George Brown College and the University of Toronto. Visit www.ninamunteanu.ca for the latest on her books. Nina’s bilingual “La natura dell’acqua / The Way of Water” was published by Mincione Edizioni in Rome. Her non-fiction book “Water Is…” by Pixl Press (Vancouver) was selected by Margaret Atwood in the New York Times ‘Year in Reading’ and was chosen as the 2017 Summer Read by Water Canada. Her novel “A Diary in the Age of Water” was released by Inanna Publications (Toronto) in June 2020.

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