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![In the Upper Country The cover of In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas: a Black face imposed over a red silhouette, set against a yellow sky and long grass.](/sites/default/files/styles/nvcl_event_image/public/2024-06/in%20the%20upper%20country.jpg?itok=9i6KMC81)
Adult book club: "In the Upper Country"
This is an in-person event
February 19, 2025
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Third floor program room | or Online via NVCL Zoom
Event overview
February 19, 2025
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Join fellow community members for a discussion of In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas.
Participants can attend at the library or via Zoom. All are welcome!
Registration is required by 6 p.m. on the day of the discussion. For those attending virtually, the Zoom link will be sent to the email address you used to register. The meeting link and reading guide will be emailed on the day of the event.
We have a limited number of copies for registrants to borrow, based on the order that they register. Registrants will be contacted if a copy is available. If all of the copies are spoken for, you can try to find one by:
- Placing a hold on a regular circulating copy in the NVCL catalogue (includes digital copies);
- Checking at other local libraries, such as North Vancouver District Library or West Vancouver Memorial Library.
Do you have questions or need help finding a copy? Email info@nvcl.ca or call 604-998-3450.
About the book
“In the Upper Country is the story of young Lensinda Martin, who is summoned to interview an old woman who has shot and killed a slave hunter. The woman, who recently arrived in Dunmore, Alta., via the Underground Railroad, refuses to confess but instead proposes a deal: a story for a story. Through these stories, the interwoven nature of Indigenous and Black histories in North America become apparent and Lensinda's destiny could be changed forever” [CBC Books].