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Wednesday, September 16th at 7:30 pm (doors at 7:00 pm), Free in store
The Illegal - Lawrence Hill
Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita has ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches--until Keita is targeted for his father’s outspoken political views and discovers he must run for his family’s survival.
He signs on with notorious marathon agent Anton Hamm, but when Keita fails to place among the top finishers in his first race, he escapes into Freedom State--a wealthy island nation that has elected a government bent on deporting the refugees living within its borders in the community of AfricTown. Keita can stay safe only if he keeps moving and eludes Hamm and the officials who would deport him to his own country, where he would face almost certain death.
This is the new underground: a place where tens of thousands of people deemed to be “illegal” live below the radar of the police and government officials. As Keita trains in secret, eluding capture, the stakes keep getting higher. Soon, he is running not only for his life, but for his sister’s life, too.
From the bestselling author of The Book of Negroes comes a compelling story that casts a satirical eye on people who have turned their backs on undocumented refugees, and urges us to consider the plight of the unseen and the forgotten who live among us.

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Join the University of Rochester community as we read and discuss the same book: Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill.

Lawrence Hill will present "Faction: The Merging of History and Fiction in Someone Knows My Name" on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Hawkins-Carlson Room of Rush Rhees Library. Mr. Hill's lecture is part of the 2013-2014 Neilly Series. The series is sponsored by the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Endowment and the River Campus Libraries at the University of Rochester. The Neilly Series is free and open to the public. Reserved parking is available in the Library Lot. This event will also be live streamed here.

For more information about any of the UReads events, please contact Megan Mack at 585-273-1340 or mmack@library.rochester.edu. (strongstuff)… (more)

Lawrence Hill discusses The Book of Negroes.

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. 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. (Tinwara)… (more)

Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes.

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 Omland. (klippet fra oslobokfestival.no) (geitebukkeskjegg)… (more)

Lawrence Hill reads from The Book of Negroes.

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 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 (seniwati)… (more)

Lawrence Hill reads from The Book of Negroes.

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 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. (asilya)… (more)