Reading Guides
Teacher's Guide for The Book of Negroes
HarperCollins Canada has developed a teacher's guide for The Book of Negroes.
Black History Education Guide from the Historica-Domininion Institute of Canada
The Historica-Dominion Institute of Canada has created a Black History Education Guide which touches upon the novel The Book of Negroes and its historical foundations. The purpose of the guide is to enhance students' knowledge and appreciation of the Black Canadian experience. Additional information is available through the HDI's Black History Portal.
Articles about Lawrence Hill
- Lawrence Hill's Remarkable Teachers
- National Post Q & A
- O, The Oprah Magazine, July 2010 summer reading issue
- The Route of the Matter, Maple Tree Literary Supplement (August 2010)
- Seeing Black in Toronto Life, December 2009 issue
- Terrible Journey, Beautiful Tale
- The search for a promised land
- Black + White equals black
- Daniel Grafton III — 1923 - 2003
TV Interviews
- Canada AM with Marci Ien
The Book of Negroes / Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name Reading Guide from Norton
The Illustrated Edition of The Book of Negroes
HarperCollins Canada has issued a new, illustrated edition of The Book of Negroes, with the full text from the novel and 125 paintings, illustrations, newspaper advertisements and images of historical artifacts.
Click here for a commemorative trailer about The Book of Negroes and here to listen to Lawrence Hill introducing the illustrated edition.
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