Friday and Saturday
March 5-6, 2027
2027 Guest Authors
We’re very excited to announce the 2027 author lineup!
Keep an eye on the schedule page (to be updated as details are confirmed) to see when each author is presenting.
Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill began writing at the age of six, when his father made him write letters justifying why he deserved to have a kitten, a pair of jeans, and
a pair of running shoes. The letters yielded good results, so he kept writing. He is the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of eleven books
of fiction and nonfiction, including The Book of Negroes, Any Known Blood, and The Illegal.
Lawrence has volunteered with Crossroads International, The Black Loyalist Heritage Society, and The Ontario Black History Society. With Book Clubs for Inmates, he visits with book clubs in federal penitentiaries. He is writing new novel about the thousands of African- American soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia and Yukon during World War Two.
He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph, and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. He is a member of the Order of Canada and the Royal Society of Canada.