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 IMPORTANT NOTICE:The Lawrence Hill Lecture on Wed. May 20th has been RELOCATED to Lecture Hall 114, on the lower level of Gzowski College at Trent University. This is due to a viral outbreak at Royal Gardens, which is closed to the public. Parking is free and available in front of Gzowski College. The reception will be held from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Atrium outside the lecture hall. The talk with Lawrence Hill will begin at 6:30. To reach Gzowski College, travel north on Water Street to Nassau Mills Road and turn right. Continue past the main entrance to the University to the stop sign at River Road. Continue straight and turn right at the second road on the right, Pioneer Road. Take the first left, following the signs to Gzowski College. Follow the sandwich board signs to the lower level. EVENT SOLD OUT as of May 15, 2009The Friends of the Bata Library and the Trent University Library present An Encounter with LAWRENCE HILL Author of The Book of Negroes Wednesday, May 20, 2009
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Tickets available by advance purchase only 705-748-1011 ext 7416 Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes was selected as one of the year’s best books by The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen and Quill & Quire in 2007. In 2008 the same book won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. Mr. Hill is also the author Any Known Blood (1997), the bestselling memoir, Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada (2001) and is a former reporter for The Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press. He has won a National Magazine Award, as well as an American Wilbur Award for his film documentary, Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada. The Trent Community selected The Book of Negroes as the winning book for Trent Reads 2009. Students coming to Trent in September 2009 will be reading the novel in seminars during Introductory Seminar Week (Peterborough) or in the first week of class (Oshawa). Friends of the Bata Library |