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Chris Turner

Chris Turner is author of How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World, by Chris Turner, published by Random House Canada. This is an excerpt from Turner's book which is one of five books nominated for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The Writers' Trust awards the prize annually for an exceptional book of literary nonfiction that captures a political subject of relevance to Canadian readers.


Yep, you read it right: author Chris Turner dishes up climate optimism

In How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World, Chris Turner looks at ‘the exhilarating story of real progress’ being made on the climate crisis. And it’s one of the best Canadian political books of the year.

feature | BY CHRIS TURNER | May 8, 2023