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Join the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library for "A Tribute to Octavia Butler with Nalo Hopkinson and Friends" at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007. The event will take place at the Seattle Public Library's Central Branch.
This program is free and everyone is welcome. Parking in the Central Library garage will be available for a $5 special event rate. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
The event will feature readings from the works of Octavia Butler (1947-2006). Butler's last novel, Fledgling, and other works, including Parable of the Sower, Lilith's Brood, Parable of the Talents, and Seed to Harvest, have just been published in new trade editions.
Butler was the first black woman to come to international prominence as a science fiction writer. Her work tackled race, gender, religion, poverty, power, politics and science. Butler received numerous awards, including a MacArthur "genius" grant, the Hugo and Nebula awards, the Langston Hughes Medal, and a PEN Lifetime Achievement Award. She lived in Seattle from 1999 to her death in 2006.
Reading selections from Butler's books will be her admirers and friends: actor and director Timeca Briggs, author Nalo Hopkinson's, Clarion West executive director Leslie Howle (who will present a brief slide show), Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large, award-winning author Vonda N. McIntre, and author Nisi Shawl.
Hopkinson is the award-winning author of short stories, plays, novels and anthologies. Her speculative fiction includes magic realism, fantasy, science fiction and horror. She will read from her new novel, The New Moon's Arms.
McIntyre's works include The Moon and the Sun, which won the Nebula award for best novel of 1997, and Dreamsnake, which won the Nebula and Hugo awards.
Shawl's story, "Cruel Sistah," was included in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 19th Edition. Her work has also appeared in the Dark Matter anthology series. She has served as editor of the online magazine, Beyond, which publishes Afrocentric science fiction by high school students.
This event is presented by the Washington Center for the Book at The Seattle Public Library, The Elliott Bay Book Company, Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, and Carl Brandon Society. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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