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In samenwerking met John Adams Institute geeft Lawrence Hill een lezing over zijn boek The book of negroes. Zijn boek vertelt het indrukwekkende verhaal over Aminata Diallo. Zij werd op elfjarige leeftijd uit haar West-Afrikaanse dorp weggevoerd en als slaaf verkocht in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten. ... (more)De grootse roman van Lawrence Hill, gebaseerd op ware gebeurtenissen, omspant drie continenten en zes decennia en brengt een donker, beschamend hoofdstuk in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis tot leven, via het verhaal van één moedige en inventieve vrouw.

Ei 11 år gammel vest-afrikansk jente blir tvunget om bord i et slaveskip med kurs for South Carolina, U.S.A. Et liv senere er hun på vei tilbake. Kanadieren Lawrence Hill har skrevet en storslagen historisk roman som spenner over tre kontinenter og to århundrer. Han intervjues av oversetter Stian ... (more)Omland. (klippet fra oslobokfestival.no)

Lawrence Hill is coming to Winnipeg on Friday, June 4th, to read from his prizewinning work, The Book of Negroes. This stunning novel traces the life of Aminata, kidnapped as a child from Sierra Leone and held as a slave in South Carolina. She is involved in the Revolutionary War and finds her way to ... (more)Nova Scotia and to England as part of the abolitionist movement. The book won the 2008 Commonwealth Prize, the 2007 Rogers Writers' Trust Prize and the 2009 Canada Reads Competition. The Book of Negroes has been called one of the greatest Canadian novels of the decade, and is probably one of the most-read at book clubs in years, so get your tickets while you can. The evening is a fundraiser for Thin Air, the Winnipeg International Writers' Festival, and includes the fabulous Steve Kirby Quintet, performing compelling songs of the African-American experience. The event will include an on-stage interview, a cash bar, books for sale and you can meet Lawrence Hill and have your books signed. Tickets are $35 from McNally Robinson, from the Thin Air office at Artspace, 927 7323

Definitely Not Plato Book Club Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm Branch: Main Branch Location: Staff Meeting Room The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

London Intercommunity Health Centre, and London Public Library are proud to present a reading from award winning Canadian author Lawrence Hill. He will be reading from his best-selling novel "The Book of Negroes". A booksale courtesy of Oxford Books, and book signing to follow. A portion of the proceeds ... (more)to go to A Book for Every Child. Tickets $10, available Dec.4 at in person at Community Outreach, Central Library or by phone 519-661-5122.

The Museum presents celebrated Canadian Author Lawrence Hill with special guest, the CBC’s Adrian Harewood. Join us as Mr. Hill reads an excerpt from his award winning novel The Book of Negroes and sit in on a one-on-one interview with Adrian Harewood. To be followed by a book signing and cocktails. ... (more)Tickets can be purchased through the Museum’s box office over the phone 819 776 7000 or in person.

Meet the new owner of The Village Bookshop, along with author Lawrence Hill.