Archive | March, 2010
Dog-Heart – Diana McCaulay
Environmental activist and newspaper columnist, Diana McCaulay, recently released her debut novel: Dog-Heart. Dog-Heart is a novel about race and class, about a well-intentioned middle class woman – Sahara Longmore – and Dexter, the inner-city boy she takes under her wing. It’s a good book; it is actually the winner of the 2008 Jamaica Cultural [...]
Continue reading...Champs 100 – A Century of Jamaican High School Athletics 1910-2010
29. March 2010
The Inter-Secondary Schools’ Sports Association (ISSA) celebrates the first 100 years of organised, mainstream, high school athletics in Jamaica, with the release of a commemorative 400-page publication – “Champs 100 – A Century of Jamaican High School Athletics 1910-2010″ – by author and veteran sports broadcaster, Hubert Lawrence. The book traces the origins of rivalries [...]
Continue reading...Shower Posse Book
29. March 2010
The recent death of one-time Shower Posse gang leader, Vivian Blake, brought us back to the book, “Shower Posse”, that was written and published in 2003 by his son Duane Blake. “Shower Posse” is a tell-all book that goes into the gritty details of what is said to have been the most notorious Jamaican criminal [...]
Continue reading...Review – The Village Curtain: A Jamaica Collection
21. March 2010
In today’ s Gleaner newspaper, Paul H. Williams reviews Tony Tame’s book “The Village Curtain: A Jamaica Collection”. It is not surprising that Tame wrote a collection of stories that are invariably about fishing, fisher-folk and the sea, with vivid descriptions of the geography and fauna of the locations. Set in fictitious Jamaican coastal communities, [...]
Continue reading...Review – Edward Seaga And The Challenges Of Modern Jamaica
21. March 2010
In today’ s Gleaner newspaper, Alfred Sangster reviews Patrick E. Bryan’s book “Edward Seaga And The Challenges Of Modern Jamaica”. This scholarly work of some 370 pages is authored by Patrick Bryan, the Douglas Hall Professor of History at the University of the West Indies (UWI). It is published by the University Press, and features [...]
Continue reading...Review – Elections, Violence and the Democratic Process in Jamaica 1944-2007
21. March 2010
Today’s Sunday Gleaner features an extensive Ian Boyne review of Amanda Sives’ new book – “Elections, Violence and the Democratic Process in Jamaica 1944-2007“. “A book has just been published by Ian Randle Publishers which puts all this documentation nicely into one place. It is University of Liverpool Politics lecturer Amanda Sives’ Elections, Violence and [...]
Continue reading...Horace Levy – Killing Streets and Community Revival
18. March 2010
The Gleaner newspaper has published excerpts from Horace Levy’s “Killing Streets and Community Revival”, in a six part series. In the book, Levy examines the social impact of gang violence in Jamaica, and the development of peace-building initiatives. It is published by Arawak Publications. Part 1 – Community plays a critical role in local homicide. [...]
Continue reading...Claudette Beckford-Brady – The Missing Years
15. March 2010
Jamaican author, Claudette Beckford-Brady’s sequel to her 2007 two-volume novel (Sweet Home Jamaica) is available online and in popular book stores in Jamaica. The novels chronicle the saga of Michelle Freeman Armstrong, and her quest to find her identity and home. Volume 2, “The Missing Years“, continues the poignant, heart-warming tale of family relationships and [...]
Continue reading...Media – Review Of Jamaica By Air – A Bird’s Eye View Of Paradise
14. March 2010
In today’s Sunday Gleaner newspaper, Paul H. Williams reviews photographer/author Robert Davis’ “Jamaica By Air – A Bird’s Eye View Of Paradise”. As its name implies, this book features numerous images of Jamaica, taken from the air. “… every page is worth viewing. For on them are pictures of parts of Jamaica that some of [...]
Continue reading...Breathe-For-Books Fundraising Yoga Event
9. March 2010
THE ROTARY Race for Literacy Book Drive took a little ‘breather’ recently at a Breathe-for-Books fund-raising yoga event held on the lawns of Devon House in St Andrew in association with Shakti Mind Body Fitness. The event was held in order to raise money for the Rotary Race to Literacy Book Drive, which is aiming [...]
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29. March 2010
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