What's New...
July 2022
Midge's short story "Souvenirs" appears in Issue 17 of Stonecoast Review.
March 1, 2022
Midge talks about My Last Continent, writing, penguins, creativity, and more on the World Vegan Travel podcast.
February 6, 2022
Midge talks about My Last Continent, writing, publishing, and more on the UK's Bloody Vegan Podcast.
October 27, 2021
My Last Continent is reviewed by Ecofictology.
January 2021
Midge's short story "Rogue Valley" appears in Qu Magazine.
July 2020
Midge's short story "Devil's Club" appears in upstreet magazine.
February 2020
Midge's short story collection Forgetting English is forthcoming as an audiobook.
January 2020
Midge's short story “Surrender” appears in Pacifica Literary Review.
Winter 2019/2020
Midge's short story “Red Tide” appears in Qwerty magazine.
October 2019
Midge's short story “[Indistinct Conversation]” appears in descant literary magazine.
October 2019
Midge receives the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for her short story “[Indistinct Conversation].”
October 1, 2019
Midge's short story "Harbor Island" appears in the Fall 2019 issue of Santa Fe Writers Project.
January 3, 2018
Midge's interview with Paul Shapiro on Clean Meat appears in VegNews.
November + December, 2017
Midge's travel article on Sydney, Australia, appears in VegNews Magazine.
July 25, 2017
Midge is interviewed by Longitude Books about writing, travel, research, Antarctica, and My Last Continent.
July 10, 2017
Midge's article on Eugene, Oregon, appears in VegNews.
June 16, 2017
Midge's article on nonprofits adopting vegan food policies appears in VegNews.
June 2017
My Last Continent is featured on the paperback Indie Next List.
March 2017
My Last Continent is shortlisted for the 2017 ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment) Book Awards.
March/April 2017
Midge's article "Killing One Animal to Save Another? Shelters and Rescues Going Veg" is published in Barefoot Vegan Magazine.
December 3, 2016
Midge's essay "Antarctica, an ice-capped ink blot test," is published in the Daily Review.
November 19, 2016
Midge talks to Jasmin Singer about My Last Continent in this interview on the Our Hen House podcast.
October 12, 2016
Midge's article "5 Everyday Book Marketing Tips For Authors" appears in Writer's Edit magazine.
September 19, 2016
Midge's essay "No one mourns an unnamed animal: Why naming animals might help save them" appears in Zoomorphic.
August 28, 2016
Jessica George reviews My Last Continent for The Goose: A Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada: “My Last Continent is a welcome addition to the growing catalogue of climate change fiction. It is a bold and informative investigation about the meaning and labour of love at the end of the world."
August 15, 2016
The Otago Daily Times of New Zealand reviews My Last Continent: “This is a beautifully written, moving, and gripping debut novel."
August 14, 2016
My Last Continent is reviewed by The Independent (UK) : “[A] unique scenario as refreshing as it is poignant…a completely absorbing and sobering tale [that] leaves you with a far greater appreciation of a searingly beautiful world..."
July 28, 2016
Join Midge and KPBS Midday Edition host Maureen Cavanaugh at 12 noon for a chat about My Last Continent, Antarctica, and the role of fiction in environmental issues.
July 24, 2016
Midge is interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
July 21-27, 2016
Join Midge on a blog tour ahead of the UK publication of My Last Continent.
July 14, 2016
Bestselling author Graeme Simsion chats with Midge about My Last Continent. Read our interview here.
July 6, 2016
Midge's article, "Antarctica: A continent of contrasts and conflicts," is published by Australia's Daily Review.
July 6, 2016
Ed Battistella interviews Midge for Literary Ashland.
July 5, 2016
My Last Continent, "a gripping love story set against the icy waters of Antarctica," is featured in July's Goodreads Debut Author Snapshot.
June 27, 2016
Tune in on Monday, June 27, at 9 a.m. to Jefferson Public Radio's Jefferson Exchange, where Midge will talk with host Geoffrey Riley about the Antarctic, penguins, writing, My Last Continent, and more. Click here for call-in information.
June 24, 2016
My Last Continent is reviewed in The Seattle Times: "Raymond shines in capturing a shivery sense of place, in taking us somewhere most of us will never go."
June 24, 2016
Midge talks with the Ashland Daily Tidings about Antarctica, penguins, writing, and My Last Continent.
June 23, 2016
My Last Continent is featured on Book Riot's "Possibly a Secret Genius" podcast: "gorgeously written, suspenseful literary fiction."
June 22, 2016
My Last Continent, "a luminescent, double-layered love story," is featured in The Oregonian, with a Q&A and excerpt.
June 22, 2016
Literary Hub features 5 Important Works of Eco-Fiction You Need to Read.
June 21, 2016
Midge chats with Southern New Hampshire University's Penmen Review about My Last Continent, writing, storytelling, book marketing, and more.
June 7 to June 20, 2016
Win an advance copy of My Last Continent on Goodreads! The giveaway ends June 20, 2016.
June 4, 2016
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune includes My Last Continent on its "hottest fiction of the summer" list: "Midge Raymond’s debut novel is a sensitive exploration of how even the smallest action can ripple through an ecosystem—seemingly impenetrable, but as fragile as the human heart."
June 2016
My Last Continent is on July's Indie Next List!
June 2, 2016
Library Journal reviews My Last Continent: "Atmospheric and adventurous, Raymond’s debut is for readers who like their romances in unexpected, faraway settings...the story and vivid writing will keep readers glued to the pages."
June 1, 2016
Booklist reviews My Last Continent: "Raymond's masterful debut contemplates the ecological and emotional dangers that lurk within and without uncharted waters."
May 28, 2016
Midge's piece "Cruise Ships In The Arctic Take Titanic Risks" appears in The Daily Beast.
May 2016
My Last Continent is among Bustle's Books That Are Bringing The Heat This Summer.
May 22, 2016
Midge's story "Harbor Island" is published in Issue 223 of the Chicago Tribune's Printers Row magazine.
May 2016
Midge's story "The Crying Girl" appears in Issue 69 of Reed Magazine.
March 31, 2016
Kirkus reviews My Last Continent: “An atmospheric tale of love discovered, and losses endured, in Antarctica. … The unpredictability of the splendors and terrors of life at the southern pole creates a backdrop of foreboding entirely appropriate for the story's cinematic resolution [and] the authentic rendering of the setting distinguishes Raymond's novel from other stories of love in perilous times and places."
