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Acclaimed New York Times Bestselling author, journalist, entrepreneur, and filmmaker Omar Tyree will present an author talk and book signing starting at 7 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Christopher Newport University’s David Student Union. Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is a popular national speaker, and a strong advocate of urban literacy.
Free tickets for the author talk, question-and-answer session and book signing will be available beginning Monday, September 9, 2024, at the sponsoring libraries of the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium (VPLC), which consists of the public libraries of York County, Newport News, Hampton, and Poquoson and the academic libraries of Christopher Newport University, Hampton University and Virginia Peninsula Community College. Tickets will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to two per person while supplies last.
Open seating to the event, to be held in the David Student Union ballroom at Christopher Newport University, is limited, and attendees are advised to arrive early. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Ticket holders will be seated first at the event. Any remaining seats will then be open to the general public.