LAX LAB 2.0 book club
The Institute for Art & Environment organises and hosts LAX LAB 2.0, an international, online book club, first established in 2020. The book club reads contemporary literary fiction through the lens of climate change.
The book club highlights diverse voices and perspectives and explores themes of environmental and social justice.
Our reading themes for 2026 are: decolonialism, extraction, and feminism.
The book club is organised through Substack. Please sign up to support the project, join the community, and be kept up-to-date on current books and upcoming events.
current read
Our current read is Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq.
The discussion for Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq will take place online on:
Sunday, 15 February 2026, 17:00—18:30 (Oslo time — GMT+1)
If you would like to join a discussion on Split Tooth, please sign up to the book club to be kept informed on upcoming events and registration.
Registration is not yet open.
Please note that this novel contains challenging themes, including strong language, violence, and sexual content and may not be appropriate for all readers.
2026
schedule
In 2026, we will be reading 11 books with discussions taking place alternating between the 1st and 15th each month. Book titles will be announced gradually in an effort to respond to current events and new publications.
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
TURTLE ISLAND/CANADA
15 February 2026
Pink Slime by Fernanda Trias
URAGUAY
1 MARCH 2026
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
JAPAN
15 APRIL 2026
To be determined, 1 MAY 2026
To be determined, 15 JUNE 2026
To be determined, 1 JULY 2026
To be determined, 15 AUGUST 2026
To be determined, 1 SEPTEMBER 2026
To be determined, 15 OCTOBER 2026
To be determined, 1 NOVEMBER 2026
To be determined, 15 DECEMBER 2026
2026/2027
collaboration with Spores book club
Starting in 2026, LAX LAB will be collaborating with Spores book club, a newly establish politically-minded literary book club based in Oslo, Norway. Discussions will be held at Deichman Bjørvika and silent reading sessions will be organised at cafés around Oslo. Read more about the collaboration here. We will be reading the following titles with the Spores book club:
Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell, TURTLE ISLAND/CANADA, 16 MARCH 2026
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, TURTLE ISLAND/USA, JUNE 2026
History of Bees by Maja Lunde, NORWAY, JANUARY 2027
library
Read more about the books we have read in the LAX LAB book club since 2020 (slowly being updated so check back often).
mission statement
The mission of LAX LAB 2.0 is to build community and serve as an educational resource for climate fiction while cultivating hope, inspiring social change, and deepening engagements between art and climate change.
LAX LAB 2.0 is led with five central methodologies and values at heart, prioritising creative, collaborative, inclusive, and intersectional approaches.
mission
Community and educational resource dedicated to the stories and worlds of climate fiction.
Cultivating hope, inspiring social change, and deepening engagements between art and climate change
methodologies & values
Collaborative, open, and participatory research project that hosts a climate fiction book club, artist talks, and other activities
Co-designed curriculum developed by collectively engaging with literature through the lens of climate change
Crafting new ways of thinking, conversing, and co-creating knowledge about climate change through the arts
Creative approaches that centre experimentation and playfulness, openly challenging academic research norms
Commitment to inclusion and diversity, ensuring representation of diverse voices, prioritising accessibility, intersectionality, and climate justice