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HARPERCOLLINS ANNOUNCES AUDIO EDITION OF THE BOOK OF NEGROES BY LAWRENCE HILL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto; August 10, 2016)
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd announces the audio edition of the much-loved novel The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. The audio book, produced by Jody Colero for Silent Joe Inc., is unabridged, with a running time of 15 hours, 45 minutes.
Upon publication, The Book of Negroes was met with critical acclaim and was soon awarded the prestigious Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Overall Best Book. The Book of Negroes then went on to win Canada Reads and has been published around the world. In January 2015, it was adapted as an award-winning miniseries that aired on CBC Television.
Lawrence Hill says, “I am so delighted that HarperCollins has released an audio version of The Book of Negroes. Many readers have asked for an audio version, and I hope this offers much pleasure to those who love to listen to books.”
The Book of Negroes audio edition will be available for download on August 16, 2016.
ABOUT Lawrence Hill Lawrence Hill has written 10 books, including four novels. Two of his novels, The Illegal and The Book of Negroes, won CBC’s Canada Reads. The Book of Negroes is an international bestseller and the winner of various awards, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Hill travelled widely to deliver the 2013 Massey Lectures, based on his non-fiction book Blood: The Stuff of Life. He co-wrote the adaptation for the six-part television miniseries of The Book of Negroes, which was filmed in South Africa and Nova Scotia and aired in 2015 on the CBC in Canada and on BET in the United States. The recipient of the Governor General’s History Award (The Pierre Berton Award), Hill was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2015 and inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame that same year. He volunteers with Crossroads International, Book Clubs for Inmates, the Black Loyalist Heritage Society and Project Bookmark Canada. Lawrence Hill lives with his family in Hamilton, Ontario, and Woody Point, Newfoundland. Visit him online at www.lawrencehill.com and www.facebook.com/LawrenceHillAuthor.
…2 ABOUT Silent Joe Inc. Silent Joe is a collective of musicians, composers, sound designers, engineers, voice directors, content developers, producers, business minds, artists, songwriters and music licensing professionals. Find out more at www.silentjoe.ca.
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