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Virtual Author Visit with Vanessa Riley (DROP IN OR ONLINE)

September 29, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Free

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Listen to bestselling author Vanessa Riley discuss Island Queen, her historical novel based on the incredible true-life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free woman of colour who rose from slavery to become one of the wealthiest landowners in the colonial West Indies.

Watch on the big-screen TV at the Maple Acre Branch starting at 1:45 PM or register online to receive the Zoom link and join us from home.

The Zoom link will be emailed in advance. 

Island Queen is available in print and instantly as an eBook and audiobook on hoopla digital.

In partnership with Welland and West Lincoln Public Libraries.

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Date:
September 29, 2022
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Lincoln Pelham Public Library
Phone
905-563-7014
Email
programmers@lppl.ca

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