Hugh MacLennan Lecture | Esi Edugyan in conversation with Amanda Parris

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The Friends of the McGill Library in collaboration with Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival are delighted to welcome Esi Edugyan as the 2019 Hugh MacLennan Lecturer. She is the author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novels, Washington Black (2018) and Half-Blood Blues (2011) as well as the 2004 novel, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne. Her works have been finalists for a number of other literary awards, including the Man Booker Prize, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the Orange Prize. The author will be in conversation with Amanda Parris, who writes a weekly column for CBC Arts, hosts three CBC television series (CBC Arts: Exhibitionists, The Filmmakers and From the Vaults) and is the radio host of Marvin's Room on CBC Music.

The Hugh MacLennan Lecture is graciously sponsored by Donald Walcot. 

When: Monday, April 29 at 5:30pm
Where: Moyse Hall, Arts Building, McGill University, 853 Sherbrooke St. West, H3A 0G5 Map

Metro: McGill. Exit at McGill College and walk North towards McGill University
Bus: 24, 80, 107, 144