Category Archives: Someone Knows My Name

Sway the Vote — “Someone Knows My Name”

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Editor

Janis Russell, librarian at the North Port Library, has some comments to persuade you that Someone Knows My Name should be the next One Book. I read this book several years ago, yet remember it as if I read it yesterday.  That is … Continue reading →

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Meet the Candidate — Lawrence Hill author of “Someone Knows My Name”

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Editor

Lawrence Hill won the 2008 Commonwealth Book Prize for his novel The Book of Negroes, which was published in the United States as Someone Knows My Name. His  website,  has an author biography,  along with an article on his remarkable … Continue reading →

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Meet the Candidate — “Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Editor

Originally published as The Book of Negroes in Canada (Toronto : HarperCollins, 2007), Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill is our focus this week. A summary from the publisher W.W. Norton introduces the novel: Abducted from Africa as a child … Continue reading →

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Exit Poll — Online voting results as of July 6

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Laurie

Five weeks of voting are complete! We’ve counted the votes cast online and made another chart to show you the results so far. Because we still love secrets, we won’t say yet which titles go with which pieces of pie: … Continue reading →

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