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Afternoon with Graphic Novelists John Jennings and Damian Duffy of "Parable of the Sower"
Venue: Bonnie Auditorium, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Radford University presents Afternoon with Graphic Novelists John Jennings and Damian Duffy of "Parable of the Sower" on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 inside the Bonnie Auditorium on the campus of Radford University.

Radford University is proud to welcome 2021 Hugo Award winners artist John Jennings and author Damian Duffy to our campus. Celebrate their graphic novel Earthseed 2023: Octavia Butler’s "Parable of the Sower" at 30. These collaborators won the 2021 Hugo Award for the Best Graphic Story for their adaptation of Butler's "Parable of the Sower".

In her classic 1993 dystopian novel, "Parable of the Sower", African-American science fiction author Octavia Butler envisioned a United States ravaged by environmental degradation, poverty, and ignorance. Butler’s protagonist, Lauren Olamina, only fifteen when Parable of the Sower starts, becomes a leader of “Earthseed,” a group who seeks to resettle to another planet.

2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the novel’s publication. In 2020, with the United States facing a pandemic, racialized violence, and economic uncertainty, Butler’s Parable became a bestseller. Jennings and Duffy’s stellar graphic novel adaptation was published the same year, building off the earlier success that the team had in adapting another of Butler’s work, "Kindred", into a graphic novel. Kindred is now also adapted as a television series.

Light refreshments and book signing to follow the program hosted by the First-Gen Center at Radford University.

Attendees may purchase physical copies of these and the duo’s other works before and after the program, courtesy of the Radford University Bookstore.

This in-person event will also be synchronously broadcast online. The event will be live streamed on Zoom at https://radford.zoom.us/s/96963605454, but not recorded.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Free parking is available anywhere on campus after 3:00 PM the day of t he event.

Content warning: This book includes graphic descriptions of trauma including suicide, sexual assault, domestic abuse, and human trafficking.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/hGznsTsf/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://calendar.radford.edu/event/7687-meet-award-winning-graphic-novelists-octavia or https://www.facebook.com/events/539361438285322/.