Author Interview: Emergency Weather by Tim Jones

Emergency Weather is Tim Jones’ debut novel, his previous literary outings have included releasing several acclaimed poetry collections and editing award -winning science fiction short story collections.

Emergency Weather is a powerful, prescient and compelling climate change thriller set in Aotearoa, and more precisely the Wellington region. The novel focusses on three very different people who have to face the climate crisis head-on, when a giant storm builds and then hits our capital city.

Wellingtonian Tim Jones was awarded the NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature in 2010. He co-edited Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, which won the 2010 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work. His recent books include poetry collection New Sea Land (Mākaro Press, 2016) and climate fiction novella Where We Land (The Cuba Press, 2019). He is also a climate change activist.

When the opportunity to interview Tim about his new novel Emergency Weather, his creative practice and the books that inspire him arose, we jumped at it! We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Tim Jones for taking the time to answer our questions, and for providing such illuminating insights into writing career. Thank-you also to Betty Davis at The Cuba Press for organising the interview.

You can find the video of our interview below, or on our YouTube channel.