CINCINNATI
--
Join us for an evening with an award
-
winning novelist
whose imagination the
New York Times
described as “stunning.”
Cincinnati native
Nnedi Okorafor
writes African
-
based science fiction, fantasy
and magical realism
for both children and adults.
She is known for weaving African culture and folklore into
creative, evocative settings with memorable characters.
She also is the author of the
Black Panther comics from
Marvel Comics and authored a spinoff graphic novel,
Wakanda Forever
.
“
An Evening with Nnedi Okorafor
”
begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Main Library in the
Reading Garden Lounge
.
A book signing follows the presentation. Books will
be available for purchase courtesy of
Joseph-Beth Booksellers.
Tickets go on sale Monday, March 18.
Tickets to the presentation are $5 and are limited to
four tickets per person.
This ticket does not include reserved seating.
A limited number of tickets are also available for a special
pre-event reception.
This $100 ticket includes:
A copy of
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
, with a signed book plate
The opportunity to meet Nnedi Okorafor
Light appetizers and drinks
Reserved seating at the event
Visit the
Library Foundation
’s website to purchase tickets at
Foundation.CincinnatiLibrary.org/
.
Watch parties are
also
being
planned at
the following branch locations:
Anderson Township
,
North Central
,
Sharonville
and
Symmes Township
.
For more information on this event, call 513
-
369
-
6900.
An Evening with Nnedi Okorafor is made possible by the Eva J
ane Romaine Coombe Fund, with support from
the Library Foundation of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
ABOUT NNEDI OKORAFOR
Cincinnati
-
born
Nnedi Okorafor
is a Nigerian
-
American writer of
fantasy,
science fiction, and magical realism
for both children and adults. Okorafor holds a master's degree in journalism from Michigan State
as well as
a
master's degree and Ph
.
D
.
in English from the
University of Illino
is, Chicago. She is a 2001 graduate of
the
Clarion Writers Workshop
in
Lansing, Michigan.
Okorafor has won numerous writing awards including the
World Fantasy Award, the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, the Macmillan Writers’ Prize for Africa, and the
Childre
n’s Africana Book Award.
She currently lives in
Illinois,
with her family.
###
About the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is one of the oldest, largest, and busiest
libraries in the United States. We serve a population of more than 800,000 people with a
collection of more than
nine
million items. Our mission is to connect p
eople with the world of
ideas and information. To learn more, visit
CincinnatiLibrary.org
or call 513
-
369
-
6900
.
--
Join us for an evening with an award
-
winning novelist
whose imagination the
New York Times
described as “stunning.”
Cincinnati native
Nnedi Okorafor
writes African
-
based science fiction, fantasy
and magical realism
for both children and adults.
She is known for weaving African culture and folklore into
creative, evocative settings with memorable characters.
She also is the author of the
Black Panther comics from
Marvel Comics and authored a spinoff graphic novel,
Wakanda Forever
.
“
An Evening with Nnedi Okorafor
”
begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Main Library in the
Reading Garden Lounge
.
A book signing follows the presentation. Books will
be available for purchase courtesy of
Joseph-Beth Booksellers.
Tickets go on sale Monday, March 18.
Tickets to the presentation are $5 and are limited to
four tickets per person.
This ticket does not include reserved seating.
A limited number of tickets are also available for a special
pre-event reception.
This $100 ticket includes:
A copy of
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
, with a signed book plate
The opportunity to meet Nnedi Okorafor
Light appetizers and drinks
Reserved seating at the event
Visit the
Library Foundation
’s website to purchase tickets at
Foundation.CincinnatiLibrary.org/
.
Watch parties are
also
being
planned at
the following branch locations:
Anderson Township
,
North Central
,
Sharonville
and
Symmes Township
.
For more information on this event, call 513
-
369
-
6900.
An Evening with Nnedi Okorafor is made possible by the Eva J
ane Romaine Coombe Fund, with support from
the Library Foundation of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
ABOUT NNEDI OKORAFOR
Cincinnati
-
born
Nnedi Okorafor
is a Nigerian
-
American writer of
fantasy,
science fiction, and magical realism
for both children and adults. Okorafor holds a master's degree in journalism from Michigan State
as well as
a
master's degree and Ph
.
D
.
in English from the
University of Illino
is, Chicago. She is a 2001 graduate of
the
Clarion Writers Workshop
in
Lansing, Michigan.
Okorafor has won numerous writing awards including the
World Fantasy Award, the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, the Macmillan Writers’ Prize for Africa, and the
Childre
n’s Africana Book Award.
She currently lives in
Illinois,
with her family.
###
About the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is one of the oldest, largest, and busiest
libraries in the United States. We serve a population of more than 800,000 people with a
collection of more than
nine
million items. Our mission is to connect p
eople with the world of
ideas and information. To learn more, visit
CincinnatiLibrary.org
or call 513
-
369
-
6900
.
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