The Milton Public Library will be hosting a free virtual event with Canadian Author Lawrence Hill.
The award-winning author will be discussing his debut children’s book, Beatrice and Croc, on Thursday February 10th at 10:30am.
The event is open to everyone in the community and is being held in partnership with the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton and Halton Catholic District School Board in honour of Black History Month.
Hill is an award-winning and bestselling author of several fiction and nonfiction books, including The Book of Negroes and The Illegal, both of which won CBC Canada Reads.
Beatrice and Croc Harry is Hill’s eleventh book and was published in January 2022 by HarperCollins Canada.
The book is inspired by the bedtime stories that Hill would tell his daughter Beatrice.
Beatrice and Croc is a meditation about forced migration, predation, danger, trust, and friendship, where Beatrice goes on a journey to discover her racial identity and find healing while having a talking crocodile named Croc Harry, who’s by her side.
“I had a riot writing this 375-page novel, which is for middle-grade readers (aged 9 – 14) but also for any adults who are young at heart. It’s about a young girl who has lost her identity, and who forms a tempestuous relationship with a 700-pound crocodile who, she hopes, will help her rediscover her identity and find her way back home. The novel explores identity, racial identity, and the hope that people who have been harmed and those who have perpetrated injustice might find themselves later in a place of healing and respect. I worked very hard to deliver it with a light, playful, and comic touch. I found that to be a tall order, but a rich and exciting artistic challenge,” said Hill about his experience writing his latest novel.
To register for this virtual author talk with Lawrence Hill visit here.
For accessibility purposes, the event will include ASL interpretation.
