

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Publication Day Book Launch Event with Shakespeare Okuni!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for the launch of Shakespeare Okuni’s book of poetry, A Twist of Rotten Silk or Words to That Effect. The author and participants will read poems from the book - no preparation necessary. Then the author will take questions and facilitate a discussion about his poetry, the life of poems before and after they are released into the world, and what poetry means to each of us.


About the author: Shakespeare Okuni practiced with Footsbarn Travelling Theatre and the Werdyn Gypsy Horse Circus before running away from the circus to act and direct in England, France, Ghana, and Lebanon. He is the author of Black Box, a play for the actors of the National Theatre of Ghana, and Mabinogion, a libretto for string quartet, flute, and storyteller. With The Dreaming Chorus, a series of devised theatre workshops, he is developing a new piece drawn from William Shakespeareʼs unsettled plays. A Twist of Rotten Silk or Words to That Effect is his first book.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/blacksburg/publication-day-book-launch-event-with-shakespeare-okuni/200029548945730
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Blacksburg
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 401 South Main Street, Suite 106, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24060
- **lat**: 37.2269
- **long**: -80.41115
- **full address**: 401 South Main Street, Suite 106, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24060

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Blacksburg Books (https://allevents.in/org/blacksburg-books/18817437)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 401 South Main Street, Suite 106, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24060
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Blacksburg Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, theatre, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Publication Day Book Launch Event with Shakespeare Okuni! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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