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• In Search of Claude McKay

  26 August 2010 by Karin in Books [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_9355" align="alignnone" width="319" caption="Claude McKay"][/caption] YardEdge is pleased to welcome this contribution by Jamaican writer Opal Palmer Adisa. Opal Palmer Adisa has written extensively on a wide range of topics ranging from children's issues to the environment, in either in poetry, prose or ...

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• Cynthia Wilson’s Book Launch Now on for Friday, July 9

  7 July 2010 by Karin in Books, Happening on the Edge 2010 [ no comments ]

  The launch of Cynthia Wilson's memoir, "Whispering of the Trees", is back on  for Friday, July 9th in the Multifunction Room of the Main Library, University of the West Indies, Mona at 6p.m. Cynthia was one of the first recipients of the ...

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• Calabash 2010, a Much Needed Bright Spot, for Jamaica’s Tourism

  9 June 2010 by Karin in Books [ 1 comment ]

  Calabash 2010 generated some of the best news to come out of Jamaica this year. The international media sat up and took notice of the literary extravaganza that took place in Treasure Beach recently and gave the island some much needed ...

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• Website on Jamaican Literature

  19 May 2010 by Karin in Books [ 4 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_8237" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Blue Mountain Trouble by Martin Mordecai"][/caption] Here's an interesting new website on Jamaican literature www.jamaicanliterature.com definitely worth checking out. See YardEdge interview with Martin Mordecai.

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• Cynthia Wilson Launches New Book May 31

  15 May 2010 by Karin in Books, Happening on the Edge 2010 [ no comments ]

  This event has been cancelled. Cynthia Wilson launches her latest book Whispering of the Trees, Monday May 31 at the Philip Sherlock Centre, UWI. Professor Emeritus Mervyn Morris, OM is the guest speaker.

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• Calabash 2010 Celebrates ‘So Much Things to Say’

  9 May 2010 by Karin in Books, Happening on the Edge 2010 [ 2 comments ]

  Website: www.calabashfestival.org Check out this great review of Calabash 2010 by Annie Paul. Jamaica’s Calabash International Literary Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a weekend of readings, live music, cinema and conversation at Jake’s Resort in Treasure Beach from Friday, May 28 to ...

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• Annual West Indian Literature Conference Starts Today

  29 April 2010 by Karin in Books, Happening on the Edge 2010 [ no comments ]

  The 29th Annual West Indian Literature Conference starts on Friday presented by the Department of Literatures in English, UWI. Special guests include Lorna Goodison, Shara McCallum, David Chariandy and winners of the Small Axe Literary Competition 2009 : Tanya Shirley, ...

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• Your Help Needed for the Rotary Race to Literacy Project

  26 February 2010 by Karin in Books [ 3 comments ]

  A special appeal for children... Scholastic has made available to the Rotary Race to Literacy Project special books for children - with interactive features and textures. Scholastic not only makes ideal early childhood education books, but they are offering books ...

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