Andria Hill-Lehr is the next featured author in our Acadia Alumni Book Club series. We invite you to read her work, Mona Parsons: From Privilege to Prison, From Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe, now and plan to meet her and join the conversation on Monday, February 26, 7-8 p.m., during our next virtual Book Club meeting.

REGISTRATION: If you would like to participate, please e-mail Events Coordinator Victoria Hendrycks at: victoria.hendrycks@acadiau.ca.

We look forward to seeing you, and please keep in mind Book Club members do not have to be Acadia affiliates; the Club is open to everyone. You can register anytime and participate in the session of your choice.

So far, we’ve looked at the Honourable Donald Oliver’s (’50, ’07 HON) highly anticipated autobiography, A Matter of Equality:  The Life’s Work of Senator Don Oliver; Jim Prime’s (’69) and Ben Robicheau’s fictional comedy, Fish and Dicks: Case Files from Digby Neck and Islands Fish-Gutting Service and Detective Agency; Two Crows Sorrow, a work of creative fiction by Laura Churchill Duke (’98); Peter Cleveland’s (’72) Double Shot of Scotch; Deborah Hemming’s, Throw Down Your Shadows; and most recently, Tony Thomson’s About Face: A Mystery.

Author’s bio:

Andria Hill-Lehr (’93, ’95, ’04) has been a student, staff and faculty member at Acadia University. She received her BA in Theatre Studies, an MA in English and an MEd in Counselling. She is a writer whose passion for theatre and storytelling combines with a love of history, especially biography, to impart the stories of little-known Canadians. Women’s stories, in particular, have often been overlooked, minimized, or written out of our nation’s historical narrative. Hill-Lehr seeks out those stories to share with others, especially young people. In addition to three books, her articles have appeared in The Beaver (now Canada’s History), Maclean’s, and Saltscapes. Hill-Lehr believes that taking things lightly and taking things seriously are not necessarily mutually exclusive. By striking the right balance, she seeks to inspire new interest in our stories and our culture while emphasizing that heritage and culture are integral parts of our community well-being and national identity.