Lawrence Hill public lecture - The Illegal: A Meditation on Refugee Issues

[Wendy Philpott]

Award-winning Canadian author Lawrence Hill<http://lawrencehill.com/> will deliver a public lecture titled "The Illegal: A Meditation on Refugee Issues" at the CIGI Campus Auditorium on October 7. This special presentation is co-sponsored by the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Arts and Wilfrid Laurier University.

Just published, Lawrence Hill's novel The Illegal is the story of Keita Ali, a young marathon runner who flees a repressive regime in his native Zantoroland and finds shelter in Africtown, a community of undocumented refugees living underground in the wealthy nation of Freedom State. Keita can only be safe if he keeps moving and eludes the officials who would deport him to his own country, where he would face almost certain death.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
CIGI Campus Auditorium
67 Erb Street West, Waterloo
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
FREE PUBLIC EVENT
Community reception to follow
Pre-registration is required<http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-illegal-a-meditation-on-refugee-issues-tickets-17894643360>.

The lecture will also be live webcast at cigi.com/live.



Wendy Philpott
Communications Manager
Faculty of Arts, PAS 2411
University of Waterloo
Office: 519 888-4567 x38530
Mobile: 226 989-4848
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