A FAMOUS Llanidloes author is set to launch her new book on Sunday.

Jay Griffiths will be holding a book launch, giving a talk and signing copies of her new book ‘Why Rebel’ published by Penguin at Mid Wales Arts Centre.

The event is supported by the Great Oak Bookshop, and will be held between 3pm and 5pm.

She is teaming up with Rob Davies for her book, which focuses on climate-related issues, including the importance of the role of insects to sustain life.

Jay is an award winning author who has written six critically acclaimed books, and writes for the Guardian’s comment and feature pages, is a regular columnist for Orion Magazine, a contributor to The Observer, the Ecologist, the London Review of Books and many others.

She has broadcast widely on BBC radio, including Start the Week and Woman’s Hour, and the World Service.

Radiohead invited Jay Griffiths to write for their newspaper “ The Universal Sigh’.