Canadian author meets with Queen for winning Commonwealth Writers Prize

Canadian author meets with Queen for winning Commonwealth Writers Prize By: Michael Oliveira, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Award-winning Canadian author Lawrence Hill had his 15 minutes with the Queen on Thursday and said he really enjoyed their conversation about his novel "The Book of Negroes" - even though she hadn't read it. Hill won the equivalent of about C$20,000 and a meeting with the Queen after being awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in May for overall best book. The Queen had been briefed on his book, and Hill said he was pleased by all the questions she asked. "I wasn't expecting her to have read it, I think that's a bit unrealistic. I think she's a pretty busy person, and I generally assume actually that people haven't read it, which is emotionally safer anyway," Hill joked during an interview from his... [read full story]