In conversation with Nnedi Okorafor
Schedule
Sat, 22 Feb, 2025 at 02:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Brighthelm Centre North Road, BN1 1YD Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom | Brighton, EN
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Death of the Author with Nnedi OkoraforWhat happens when the stories we tell start telling us back?
Join New York Times bestselling author of Who Fears Death, Akata Witch, and Sahrah the Windseeker Nnedi Okorafor, as she presents a sweeping tale of family culture, and identity in her ambitious meta-drama, Death of the Author.
22nd Feb. 2pm
Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she's suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle of her sister's wedding, her life is upended. Disabled, unemployed and from a nosy, high-achieving, judgmental family, she's not sure what comes next.
In her hotel room that night, she takes the risk that will define her life-she decides to write a book VERY unlike her others. A science fiction drama about androids and AI after the extinction of humanity. And everything changes.
What follows is a tale of love and loss, fame and infamy, of extraordinary events in one world, and another. As Zelu's life evolves, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur. Because sometimes a story really does have the power to reshape the world.
Interviewed by New York Times bestselling author, Natasha Bowen, together they will explore this blending of African futurism with twenty-first-century AI paranoia, and ask: what if our stories are more alive than we think?
This event will rewire your brain and challenge everything you think you know about storytelling. Bring your questions, curiosity, and willingness to believe in the impossible.
Afrori Books is delighted to partner with Dark Matter and Fane for this event.
“Nnedi Okorafor is doing her best work yet. This one has it all.” George R.R. Martin author of Game of Thrones
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Where is it happening?
Brighthelm Centre North Road, BN1 1YD Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom, Mcc Brighton, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
