Lawrence Hill is the author of ten books including the novels The Book of Negroes and The Illegal, and the non-fiction books Blood: the Stuff of Life, and Dear Sir,... read more
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
I ask what it was like for Jarrell to navigate the history of her parents before she was born -- two people of a different generation, younger then than Jarrell... read more
Canadian journalist ELINOR FLORENCE, who lives in the Canadian mountain resort town of Invermere,... read more
Guest Post by Susan Johnson Cameron At a family reunion a few years ago, one of my cousins entrusted me with this suitcase, packed with old photos, postcards, and... read more
My father's death and burial in 1994 in Latvia, and my subsequent discovery of a dark family secret dating back to the Second World War compelled me to write.... read more
In "10 Tips for Writing Travel Articles," Dan Linstead, travel editor of Wanderlust travel magazine, offers... read more