...we’re eagerly awaiting February 5 and the Canadian publication of our first 2019 title: Cecil Foster’s They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada. Foster’s history documents the struggles, both individual and collective, of Black Canadians against the racist policies of their employers and their country. It was their actions, Foster argues, that laid the groundwork for the multicultural nation we know today. Incorporating the author’s own interviews with former porters and outlining the rarely-discussed institutional racism of early Canadian immigration and employment policies, They Call Me George is an indispensable read for the 21st century.
For Immediate Release: Wednesday January 14th, 2015, 9:00 a.m. EST
Introducing the Five-Member Jury Panel for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Quill & Quire – Review of Independence
Cecil Foster was 12 years old in 1966 when Barbados gained independence from Britain. Foster’s first novel in almost a dozen years delves into the formative period of the newly liberated nation, as seen through the eyes of 13-year-old Christopher Lucas.
Like his childhood friend and neighbour Stephie, Christopher is a “grandmother chile,” raised under old-fashioned...
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