WATCH LIVE: Author Lawrence Hill discusses ’The Illegal’

Lawrence Hill, the award-winning author of The Book of Negroes, has written his fourth novel eight years after that seminal read. The Illegal, in stores now, is very much a book for our times, with its marathon-running protagonist who has fled violence in his homeland and gone into hiding as an undocumented refugee in a rich nation where he is not wanted. Donna Bailey Nurse interviewed Hill about The Illegal here.

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7 pm ET, Hill will deliver a lecture at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Maclean’s will be streaming his conversation about his writing process, his inspirations, and his work.

Register for the webcast by clicking here. You can ask questions of Hill from the live-stream audience—just use the Twitter hashtag #CIGILive, or send tweets to @CIGIOnline to submit questions to the speaker on stage. And to get ready for the talk, watch a preview video below:

The live-stream will be available below on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7 PM ET.