Event

Author Helon Habila at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Join the Bards Alley booksellers at Mary Riley Styles Public Library in Falls Church as we welcome local author Helon Habila for a discussion of his work!

Habila is the author most recently of “Travelers,” a novel exploring the lives of various African diasporic characters. His previous work includes “Oil on Water,” a bestselling environmental thriller, and “The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria,” a nonfiction investigation into the abduction of 276 girls in Nigeria in 2014. Habila will share passages and discuss his career as a writer, editor, and professor of creative writing.

Copies of the author’s books will be available for sale at the event, which includes a signing. You can also reserve copies for pick-up by calling Bards Alley at 571-459-2653.

This event is free. RSVP through Mary Riley Styles Public Library here: https://www.mrspl.org/event/draft-february-author-talk-helon-habila-ngalabak-31391