Saturday 9 April: "The Carbon Diaries"

Author Saci Lloyd will visit the Willesden Green Library Centre on Saturday 9 April, 2pm to 4pm, to read from her acclaimed teenage novels, 'The Carbon Diaries 2015' and “The Carbon Diaries 2017”. Following the readings, there will be discussion with a teenage audience about the prospect of carbon rationing in the UK, and feelings about the threat of Climate Change.

This event is the first in a series of 'Green Writers' at the Willesden Green Library Centre, where authors will read, in liaison with the Willesden Green Library, from their books about an environmental aspect, and discuss them with the audience. The series is organised by the 'Brent Campaign against Climate Change'.

Saci Lloyd's first novel 'The Carbon Diaries 2015' was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards in 2008. Its heroine is Laura Brown, a teenager who struggles to cope with her family, dreams of a breakthrough with her punk band, and fancy of the boy next door. When on 1st January 2015, the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing, Laura chronicles the events of this drastic bid to combat climate change, and illustrates how carbon rationing is threatening to turn her family, her local environment, and the whole country out of control. Praising reviews include:

"This is a charming tale full of laughs and angst, with a message both accessible and relevant to today's teenagers." - Bookseller's Choice, New Publishing

"An uproarious, scathing and pathos-filled romp - Adrian Mole does the apocalypse." – Financial Times

In the sequel 'The Carbon Diaries 2017', Laura tours Europe with her punk band and becomes involved with an increasingly dramatic sequence of climate change-related events, that include drought in Europe and Africa, a tidal-wave of desperate immigrants, a water-war in the Middle East, and clashes between Londoners and the army.

The Willesden Green Library Centre is at 95 High Road, Willesden, NW10 2SF. All are welcome. Please bring your copy of the 'Carbon Diaries' along if you would like it to be signed by the author.