The stories Australian fiction authors tell about bushfire are changing to challenge past assumptions. A core belief in Australia has been that fires are basic to life in that country. These writers are now saying that the scale of these fires is new and specifically caused by the climate crisis.
— Read on www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/14/australian-fiction-is-already-challenging-the-idea-that-catastrophic-bushfire-is-normal