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Event Recap · Book Signing

LUCID Book Signing & Launch Celebration

The Book Jewel · Westchester, Los Angeles, California

Author

Author Akili Damone Hight celebrated the debut of his Afrofuturist science-fantasy novel, LUCID: Life Ultimately Continues in Dreams, at his first book signing. The event brought readers and supporters together to discover the story, meet the author, and celebrate the beginning of the LUCID creative universe.

Three people wearing LUCID shirts stand beside a LUCID poster and green and purple balloons in a bookstore; two hold copies of the novel.
Celebrating LUCID at The Book Jewel.

Introducing LUCID

At The Book Jewel, the launch celebration introduced readers to LUCID and offered an opportunity to connect with its author. Conversations around the book and moments with visitors made the signing a celebration of the story and the community gathering around it.

A Creative Beginning

The first signing marked a meaningful beginning for Akili Damone Hight as an author: bringing the novel from the page into a shared space with readers and supporters. It celebrated the introduction of the LUCID creative universe through its original science-fantasy novel.

Akili Damone Hight and another person wearing LUCID shirts stand in front of bookstore shelves beside a LUCID poster.
Connecting at the LUCID book signing.
Akili Damone Hight and his mother, both wearing LUCID shirts, pose together in a bookstore.
Akili with his mother.
A visitor holding a copy of LUCID stands beside Akili Damone Hight, a LUCID poster, and green and purple balloons in a bookstore.
Sharing the novel at the launch celebration.