Ghost Species: In Conversation with James Bradley James Bradley on the power of speculation in storytelling, for our Sydney Writers' Festival coverage. The resurrection of the extinct gives James Bradley’s latest novel Ghost Species its title. An introspective tale of connection and loss, the novel ruminates on man’s relationship with nature after scientist Kate Larkin is caught up in a covert project to bring back the Neanderthals in the midst of climate catastrophe. James Bradley is an award-winning author and critic. An Honorary Associate of the Sydney Environment Institute, he is also a prominent voice in our current climate change discourse, having written various non-fiction articles and essays about the issue.