archive for Books

• Jamaican Author Stephanie Saulter Talks About Her New Book, Gemsigns

  14 April 2013 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

  Check out Jamaican author Stephanie Saulter talking about her novel Gemsigns. According to the author, "Gemsigns has been called political science fiction, social science fiction, a thriller (which it definitely is) and an example of old-fashioned storytelling...." About Gemsigns For years the human ...

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• Love Books? Kingston Book Festival On March 2 – 10

  2 March 2013 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

      Check out the schedule for the Kingston Book Festival here: http://bookindustryja.com/kbf The Kingston Book Festival is eight days of events for readers, writers, publishers, booksellers of all things 'bookish'-fiction, non-fiction, poetry and play writing. The Kingston Book Festival 2013 runs March 2 -10, ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Pamela Mordecai About Her Latest Collection of Poems, Subversive Sonnets

  3 February 2013 by Karin in Books,Poetry [ 2 comments ]

    YardEdge talks to Pamela Mordecai about her latest collection of poems, Subversive Sonnets. YE: Tell us about your new book, Subversive Sonnets. PCM: It’s a collection of poetry, my fifth and the most challenging to write. It’s been long in the making. My ...

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• Leonie Forbes: In Her Own Words

  22 October 2012 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

      Legendary Jamaican Actress of the international stage and screen, Leonie Forbes will bring to life her recently published book “Leonie Her Autobiography – Leonie Forbes as told to Mervyn Morris at a special reading and book signing at Bookophilia on ...

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• The 20 Best Caribbean Book Blogs

  8 October 2012 by Karin in Books [ 2 comments ]

        Here's a great list from Andrew Blackman of his 20 Best Caribbean Book Blogs! Check them all out HERE! Thanks Andrew!  

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• Darren Hogarth’s New Novel Gives a Male Perspective on Love, Spirituality and Balance

  4 September 2012 by Karin in Books [ 3 comments ]

  Listen here. Listen to Jamaican author Darren Hogarth talk about his new novel  “Whatever Sticks Most" in which he gives a male perspective on love, spirituality and the importance of balance. Darren Hogarth started his career as a mechanical engineer, holding various different roles ...

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• New Book on Football Coaching and Conditioning by Jamaican Justin Cresser

  17 August 2012 by Karin in Books,Sports [ 3 comments ]

  Jamaican Justin Cresser, a  football coach and strength and conditioning trainer,  has recently put out a new book called, Total Soccer Conditioning: A  Ball-Oriented Approach. This new book is a two volume comprehensive guide (over 300 pages) to training football/soccer players to ...

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• The Top 10 Caribbean Books to Read This Summer

  15 July 2012 by Karin in Books [ 1 comment ]

  Here are Bookophilia's choices for the top 10 Caribbean fiction and non fiction books for our reading pleasure... Jamaican women writers Gillian Royes, Kerry Young, Melanie Schwapp, Pamela K. Marshall and Diana McCaulay top the list of bestselling Top 10 Caribbean ...

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