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• Olive Senior Launches New Book Sunday

  7 December 2011 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

  On Sunday December 11 2011 at 11 a.m. Olive Senior wil be launching her new book Dancing Lessons at the Neville Hall Lecture Theatre (N1), University of the West Indies, under the auspices of the Department of Literatures in English, UWI. "Olive Senior ...

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• Jean Lowrie-Chin Reads from “Souldance”, New Colection of Poems and Writings

  2 September 2011 by Karin in Books,Poetry [ 2 comments ]

    On Saturday September 10, 2011 at 2pm, BOOKLAND New Kingston is hosting Jean Lowrie-Chin, as she reads from her collection: Souldance: Poems and Writings. Souldance: Poems and Writings, Jean Lowrie-Chin’s first and much awaited collection, captures the voice of every Jamaican, ...

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• Book Launch and Tribute to Wayne Brown

  15 July 2011 by Karin in Books,Happening on the Edge 2011 [ no comments ]

  On Monday July 18, at 5:30 p.m., Bookophilia will launch two titles, from legendary poet, memoirist, journalist, literary scholar and creative writing teacher, the late Wayne Vincent Brown. The two collections, "On the Coast and other Poems" and "The Scent of ...

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• Jacqueline Bishop Reads from New Poetry Collection

  20 June 2011 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

  On Tuesday June 21 at 6pm, Bookophilia is hosting celebrated poet and author, Jacqueline Bishop, as she reads from her collection of poems Snapshots from Istanbul, and her novel The River’s Song. Ms. Bishop was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, ...

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• Program for Anancy Festival this Saturday

  9 June 2011 by Karin in Books,Happening on the Edge 2011 [ no comments ]

  Here's the program for the Anancy Festival being held in Kingston this Saturday, June 11. 2pm – 6pm. The venue is the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive, Kingston 3.  Admission is free. Program

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• Velma Pollard Launches New Book, Considering Woman I & II

  19 April 2011 by Karin in Books,Happening on the Edge 2011 [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Dr. Velma Pollard and Dr. Betty Wilson"][/caption] On Sunday morning, Dr. Velma Pollard's new collection of short prose, Considering Woman I & II was launched to a large appreciative audience at the UWI. Now retired, Velma Pollard is ...

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• Dr. Velma Pollard Launches New Collection of Short Prose Sunday

  14 April 2011 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

    [caption id="attachment_12080" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Dr. Velma Pollard"][/caption]   The Department of Literatures in English will host the launch of Considering Woman 1 & 2, a collection of short prose by Velma Pollard on Sunday, April 17 at 11:00am at the Multifunctional Room, ...

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• Winners in the Biennial Publishing and Writing Awards Announced Thursday

  23 March 2011 by Karin in Books,Happening on the Edge 2011 [ no comments ]

  The Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) is announcing the winners  in the Eleventh Biennial Publishing and Writing Awards at the Courtleigh Auditorium on Thursday, March 24 at 6:30pm. The BIAJ is also hosting a reading by local authors on Saturday, March ...

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