To celebrate the grand finale of the 2024 CK Reads program, Chatham-Kent Public Library (CKPL) will be hosting author Kai Thomas on April 24.
CK Reads is a community wide book club where everyone in Chatham-Kent is invited to read the same book.
Through discussions and programs, CK Reads hopes to bring the community closer together through a shared love of reading.
CK Reads is celebrating its eighth year in 2024.
CKPL’s 2024 CK Reads title is “In the Upper Country” by Thomas. The book recently won the Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Award and was shortlisted for both the Governor General’s Fiction Award and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
Thomas is a writer, carpenter, and land steward. He is Afro-Canadian, born and raised in Ottawa, descended from Trinidad and the British Isles. “In the Upper Country” is his first novel.
Reserve your copy by calling or visiting your local CKPL branch or by searching “In the Upper Country” at search.ckpl.ca.
To find out more about CK Reads programs and events, visit www.ckreads.ca.
The talk takes place at 6 p.m. at the Chatham branch of the library.
