Pop Fiction

A Lost Samurai

Craig Shreve

3:00pm

Saturday, September 23

60 mins

Discover the story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreign-born samurai and only samurai of African descent, in Craig Shreve’s powerful novel The African Samurai. A magnificent reconstruction and moving study of a lost historical figure, The African Samurai is an enthralling narrative about the tensions between the East and the West and the making of modern Japan, from which rises the most unlikely hero.

Moderated by Trevor Campbell.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

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Moderated by Trevor Campbell.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

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Craig Shreve

Craig Shreve was born and raised in North Buxton, Ontario, a small town that has been recognized by the Canadian government as a National Historic Site due to its former status as a popular terminus on the Underground Railroad. He is a descendant of Abraham Doras Shadd, the first Black person in Canada to be elected to public office, and of his daughter Mary Ann Shadd, the pioneering abolitionist, suffragette, and newspaper editor/publisher who was inducted posthumously into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in the United States. Craig is the author of One Night in Mississippi and a graduate of the School for Writers at Humber College. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Connect with him on Twitter @CG_Shreve.