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Title: Explora Books Releases Official Documentary Teaser for Dystopian Novel Sanctuary by Karen East

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 31st Jul 2026 - The preview gives viewers insight into East’s writing life in Ashland, Wisconsin, where she writes in the afternoons and has completed two books, with a third, as-yet-untitled work underway. In the video, East reflects on the concerns that shape her fiction, including environmental change and the relationship between people, animals, and the natural world. She also discusses a creative process that favors discovery over strict outlining and describes learning to write dialogue as a turning point in her development as a novelist, allowing her characters to feel more autonomous and alive. Without revealing key plot developments, East notes that Sanctuary concludes with some of the most emotionally meaningful writing she has produced.Set in 2039, Sanctuary imagines a Minneapolis shaped by environmental strain, surveillance systems, and increasingly regulated daily life. At the center of the novel is Janet Ryan, a reporter whose routine visit to her parents gradually uncovers deeper questions about control, responsibility, and the unintended consequences of systems built in the name of security.As Janet’s search for answers expands, she encounters a community that exists outside official structures—connected through practical knowledge, close relationships, and ways of living that resist constant oversight. Interwoven with Janet’s story is the history of the woman who established that refuge years earlier, giving the novel a multigenerational structure that explores inheritance, resilience, and the choices people make to preserve both freedom and connection.Blending speculative fiction with environmental themes and reflections on human relationships with the natural world, Sanctuary presents...

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