An Arlington Reads Signature Author Event. 

Join us for a conversation between Librarian Juliane Weight and authors Nnedi Okorafor and Roseanne Brown about their Africanfuturist and African fantasy works. 

Nnedi Okorafor is an international award-winning novelist of science fiction and fantasy for children, young adults and adults. Born in the United States to Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for drawing from African cultures to create captivating stories with unforgettable characters and evocative settings.  Her New York Times bestselling series including "Binti," "Akata Witch" and "Who Fears Death," currently in development at HBO with George R.R. Martin. She has won every major prize in speculative fiction, including the World Fantasy, Nebula, Eisner, and multiple Hugo awards, as well as general honors such as the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature. 

Roseanne “Rosie” A. Brown is an immigrant from the West African nation of Ghana and a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she completed the Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House program. Her debut novel "A Song of Wraiths and Ruin" was an instant New York Times Bestseller, an Indie Bestseller, and received six starred reviews. She has worked with Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney among other publishers.

The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Copies of the book will be available for sale, courtesy of One More Page Books. 

REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED. Admission is on first-come, first-served basis until event capacity is reached. The event will also be livestreamed and available as a recording for 30 days on Arlington County's Youtube channel; please register to receive the online link and an event reminder. 

This fall, Arlington Public Library’s long-running signature author talk program Arlington Reads will celebrate the Afrofuturist and fantasy works of award-winning authors and illustrators who reimagine, reinterpret and reclaim the past and present by using science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the Black experience.

For more information, contact LibraryPrograms@arlingtonva.us

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