Archive | September, 2010
Jamaican Author Marlon James Wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Jamaican-born author Marlon James has been named the fiction winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for his novel, “The Book of Night Women.” The book (his second) is set during a Jamaican slave revolt at the end of the 18th century. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award in fiction [...]
Continue reading...Former F/X Mogul John Wildish Has A New Book – My Story
27. September 2010
John Wildish, a former foreign exchange currency trader who had a controversial run-in with the Jamaican Government in the 1990s, has written a book called “My Story”. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, when foreign currency was hard to come by and the f/X black market flourished, Wildish was one of a few chosen [...]
Continue reading...A Look At Kevin O’Brien Chang’s “Jamaica Fi Real”
26. September 2010
Today’s Sunday Gleaner newspaper has a feature on Kevin O’Brien Chang’s new book – “Jamaica Fi Real”. The book provides an indepth look at Jamaica’s people, history, music, sports, religion and culture, creating a vivid 21st-century portrait of perhaps the world’s most fascinating island. Undoubtedly, the author paints a real and insightful portrait of Jamaica, [...]
Continue reading...New Jamaican Books About Business
26. September 2010
Today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, has a feature on Jamaican books about business. It focuses on Alrick Robinson’s “The Small Business Survival Guide: Insights into the First Two Years” (which was launched on Friday at Bookophilia), but also mentions Kimala Bennet’s Starting a Business in Jamaica (self-published) and Shazeeda Ali’s Risky Business (Ian Randle Publishers) which [...]
Continue reading...Kimala Bennett’s Starting a Business in Jamaica Book
24. September 2010
Today’s Gleaner newspaper has a feature on Kimala Bennett’s new book – Starting a Business in Jamaica. If necessity is the mother of invention, then frustration is the father of Kimala Bennett’s Starting a Business in Jamaica. Speaking at Thursday evening’s launch, held before a large gathering, liberally sprinkled with business movers and shakers at [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown’s CHILDREN IN THE LINE OF FIRE Book
18. September 2010
Just yesterday, clinical social worker Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown launched a new book, “Children In The Line Of Fire”, a publication which explores the impact of violence on families in two Caribbean islands – Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. According to her, the content of the book is distressing and disturbing because of what the research [...]
Continue reading...On This Day In The History Of Jamaican Books – September 17, 1955
17. September 2010
On this day – September 17, 1955 – in the history of Jamaican books, Peter Abrahams (a South African author) arrives in the island to write a book about Jamaica. The book has been commissioned by the Colonial Office in London, and is intended to be (according to the author) a portrait of the island. [...]
Continue reading...Launch – The Art of Jamaica – A Prelude
13. September 2010
On Sunday, September 19, the Jamaica Guild of Artists, in association with the Jamaica National Building Society, will present the launch of The Art of Jamaica – A Prelude. The event will be hosted at the Devonshire, Devon House, Kingston. Book-signings and sales of this collector’s publication will begin at 11 a.m., and continue until [...]
Continue reading...Island Records’ New Book Featured
12. September 2010
Today’s Sunday Gleaner has a feature on the new book about Island Records – The Story of Island Records: Keep on Running Respected British journalist and longtime Island collaborator, Chris Salewicz dug deep into its archives to produce Keep On Running: The Story of Island Records, a 226-page photo book which was released recently in [...]
Continue reading...Event Review – Man Vibes: Masculinities in Jamaican Dancehall – Book Launch
11. September 2010
In today’s Gleaner, Mel Cooke does a review of the recent book launch event for Dr. Donna Hope’s book, Man Vibes: Masculinities in Jamaican Dancehall: Reading from her book Man Vibes: Masculinities in Jamaican Dancehall last Friday evening, University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer Dr Donna Hope connected levels of alcohol competition to the [...]
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27. September 2010
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