Book Launch: Invisible Prisons

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7-9:30 p.m.

Royal Canadian Legion, 930 The Boulevard, St. John's

Join Lisa Moore (Department of English) and Jack Whalen for the launch of “Invisible Prisons”. Featuring a moderated talk with Angela Antle. Hors d’oeuvres and book signing to follow.

“Invisible Prisons is an extraordinary, empathetic collaboration between the magnificent writer Lisa Moore, best-known for her award-winning fiction, and a man named Jack Whalen, who as a child was held for four years at a reform school for boys in St John’s, where he suffered jaw-dropping abuses and deprivations. Despite the odds stacked against him, he found love on the other side, and managed to turn his life around as a husband and father. His daughter, Brittany, vowed at a young age to become a lawyer so that she could seek justice for him. Today, that is exactly what she is doing—and Jack’s case is part of a lawsuit currently before the courts.”

2024 Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

“Utterly compelling, Invisible Prisons is an indictment, a courageous testimony, and a call to change.” – Jury Citation

Presented by Bees Knees; Knopf Canada

Event Listing 2024-10-22 19:00:00 2024-10-22 21:30:00 America/St_Johns Book Launch: Invisible Prisons Join Lisa Moore (Department of English) and Jack Whalen for the launch of “Invisible Prisons”. Featuring a moderated talk with Angela Antle. Hors d’oeuvres and book signing to follow. “Invisible Prisons is an extraordinary, empathetic collaboration between the magnificent writer Lisa Moore, best-known for her award-winning fiction, and a man named Jack Whalen, who as a child was held for four years at a reform school for boys in St John’s, where he suffered jaw-dropping abuses and deprivations. Despite the odds stacked against him, he found love on the other side, and managed to turn his life around as a husband and father. His daughter, Brittany, vowed at a young age to become a lawyer so that she could seek justice for him. Today, that is exactly what she is doing—and Jack’s case is part of a lawsuit currently before the courts.” 2024 Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction “Utterly compelling, Invisible Prisons is an indictment, a courageous testimony, and a call to change.” – Jury Citation Royal Canadian Legion, 930 The Boulevard, St. John's Bees Knees; Knopf Canada