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, ...

Which of These Jamaica 50 Featured Books Have You Read?

5 July 2012 by Karin in Books [ no comments ]
Here's a list of Jamaica 50 featured books that chronicle the histories of Kingston and Spanish Town and highlight pieces of Jamaica's rich historical past. These Jamaican books comment on the realities of Jamaican life and form part of the Jamaica ...

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, ...

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 ...

Bookophilia’s Top 20 Books of 2010

5 January 2011 by Karin in Books [ 3 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 ...

Complimentary coffee and wireless internet at Bookophilia, a Kingston bookstore with a difference

16 July 2008 by Karin in Entrepreneurs,Worth A Visit [ 18 comments ]
Bookophilia, a new bookstore/internet cafe opened in Kingston recently. Selling books, magazines, music, art and other assorted items, Bookophilia is a welcome and overdue "new model" bookstore that has long been common in other international cities. Located at 92 Hope Road, just ...