April 20 – International Cli-Fi Day

Posted on April 20, 2017

I have never even heard of cli-fi before - have you?

And yet, I've read some!

Cli-fi is climate change fiction. It's a small slice out of the science-fiction or speculative-fiction genre. Even before we knew that our planet is slowly warming up due to human activities that release carbon emissions (burning gasoline and other fossil fuels, especially) - even before that, some authors explored global climate change in their novels. A good example is Jules Verne, who way back in 1889 wrote The Purchase of the North Pole.

Hopefully not all of cli-fi is dystopian.
I like to get a bit of hope in my fiction -
don't you?

The cli-fi book I've read, Blind Waves by Steven Gould, is more for adults than YA. But here is an article with some cli-fi for kids.

Check out authors such as Sarah Holding, David Thorpe, Saci Lloyd, and George Marshall.

Also on this date:

Chinese Language Day  

Anniversary of the demonstration of the first American electron microscope

High Five Day

(Third Thursday of April)

Anniversary of the start of Jacques Cartier's Voyage of Discovery

Detective Story Day

Peppercorn Day in Bermuda

Volunteer Recognition Day

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• April holidays
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• Historical anniversaries in April

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