@LeshaMac and I have our books and we‘re all set for the Nnedi Okorafor #authortalk and #booksigning at the #PublicLibraryOfCincinnatiAndHamiltonCounty #PLCHC. #blacklitsy #blitsy Notes below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Chelleo 📝The author read an excerpt from Binti. She has a nice voice for narration. 6y
Chelleo 📝The idea of Binti was born during a trip to the United Arab Emirates she took with her daughter. 6y
Chelleo 📝”Bint” meaning ‘girl‘, reminded her of the rebellious girls she spoke with on that visit and stuck with her. 6y
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Chelleo 📝Bint became Binti because ‘bint‘ is used as sexist slang in the UK. (edited) 6y
Chelleo 📝She didn‘t set out to write a novella trilogy but the stories came to her over the course of three years. 6y
Chelleo 📝She also wrote![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Black Panther: Long Live the King (Marvel Premiere Graphic Novel) 6y
Black Panther: Long Live the King (Marvel Premiere Graphic Novel)Chelleo 📝This series focuses on the Dora Milaje and features Spider-Man, X-Men and the Avengers.Wakanda Forever 6y
Wakanda ForeverChelleo 📝She was an associate level professor at the University of Buffalo for 3 years while also writing full time, traveling and speaking and raising a daughter. 6y
Chelleo 📝Advice for aspiring writers: Write what you want; from your heart; stories that you want to tell and don‘t worry about whether or not people will read it. Also, don‘t feel you have to write in linear order, from beginning to end. 6y
Chelleo 📝Audience Question: If you could have dinner with one of your characters, who would it be? Answer: Onye and Sora (sp) fromWho Fears Death (edited) 6y
Who Fears DeathChelleo 📝She first started writing when she was 20 years old and don‘t have a goal to get published. She is 2 Masters and a PhD 😳 6y
riversong153 Wow 💜💜💜 6y
RebL I planned to comment, “looks like fun!” or something like that. But then I saw how you nested these comments and that‘s awesome! So much juicy book talk! 6y
CaliforniaCay Love all the little tidbits you Included in the comments. Everything about this picture is absolutely beautiful 💜👏🏾 6y