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• Kevin O’Brien Chang Publishes New Book on Jamaica

  16 February 2011 by Karin in Books [ 1 comment ]

  Kevin O’Brien Chang, columnist for both the Gleaner and the Jamaica Observer, has recently published his second book, "Jamaica Fi Real" and will be discussing it on Friday, February 18 at Bookophilia at 6pm.

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• Lorna Goodison, A Great Jamaican Author, Talks about Writing, Painting and Jamaica

  14 February 2011 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11469" align="alignnone" width="550" caption="Lorna Goodison in Toronto"][/caption] Here's a really interesting article on one of Jamaica's outstanding authors, Lorna Goodison, about her new work, By Love Possessed, writing, life in Toronto, and on painting being one of her first loves... ...

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• Hopefully Not Goodbye to Calabash

  29 January 2011 by Karin in Books [ 2 comments ]

  Well, it seems the dust has settled and no one has stepped in to rescue/resuscitate Calabash again as happened last year when the government decided to cough up more money so the show could go on. I'm still surprised that ...

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• Bookophilia’s Top 20 Books of 2010

  5 January 2011 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11049" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Bookophilia, 92 Hope Rd, Kingston"][/caption] Here's the BOOKOPHILIA list of the top 20 books of 2010 based on quantities of each book sold at Bookophilia. I love Bookophilia, my favorite Kingston bookstore, for more see Bookophilia, a Kingston ...

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• The Made in Jamaica Catalogue Promotes Jamaican Products and Services to the World

  3 November 2010 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]

  The Made in Jamaica Catalogue is in the works with the main objective being to showcase Jamaican products and services. According to creator Deika Morrison, "I wanted to help Jamaicans here and abroad, overseas buyers, suppliers, and investors know and see ...

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• Small Kings, A New Book of Photography Takes on Passa Passa

  28 October 2010 by Karin in Books,Photography [ 1 comment ]

  Small Kings is a new book by the New York-based photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti. This new book is a collection of black and white images taken at Passa Passa (the weekly street dance that was being held in Tivoli Gardens each ...

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• Independent VoYces Literary Fair Promotes New Authors

  21 October 2010 by Karin in Books,Happening on the Edge 2010 [ 1 comment ]

  The Independent VoYces Literary Fair is Jamaica's latest addition to the literary calendar and will be held on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at Strawberry Fields Together, Robin’s Bay in St. Mary. The Fair is aimed mainly at promoting self-published and new authors.

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• In Search of Claude McKay

  26 August 2010 by Karin in Books [ 2 comments ]

  [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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