Archive | February, 2011
How Will I Know My Children When I Get To Heaven? A Mother’s Tales of Hope
How Will I Know My Children When I Get To Heaven? A Mother’s Tales of Hope (published by Aslan Publishing), by Grace Virtue, is a collection of essays grounded in the experiences of a mother raising daughters. It takes a fresh and provocative look at parenting from the perspective of a single, immigrant (Jamaican) mother [...]
Continue reading...Book Industry Association Of Jamaica Writing Awards Competition 2011
27. February 2011
Readers are being invited to vote for entries in the Writing Awards Competition (also called the Readers’ Choice Competition) for the Book Industry Association Of Jamaica’s (BIAJ) 2011 Writing Awards Competition. The aim of the competition – to encourage public discussion of books and increase the visibility of the BIAJ National Publishing & Writing Awards. [...]
Continue reading...Book Review – Chauline Hansle’s The Spirit Within
27. February 2011
In today’s Sunday Gleaner, Barbara Nelson reviews Chauline Hansle’s The Spirit Within. This is a fairly interesting story built around Susan Shields, a coco-brown Jamaican girl with humble beginnings, who is determined to become a lawyer. In order to reach her goal, she migrates to Miami and enrols at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens. [...]
Continue reading...A Look At Man Vibes: Masculinities In Jamaican Dancehall
27. February 2011
In today’s Sunday Observer newspaper, Basil Walters analyzes Clyde McKenzie’s perspectives on Donna Hope-Marquis’ book, Man Vibes: Masculinities in Jamaican Dancehall. “A piece of scholarship that is relevant, entertaining and provocative,” was how guest speaker Clyde McKenzie described the book at its launch at the Undercroft, UWI, Mona. McKenzie offered his perspective on aspects of [...]
Continue reading...Poetry In Motion 2011 – February 27, 2011 – Manchester Golf Club
26. February 2011
The 8th annual evening of verse, Poetry in Motion 2011, is set to happen tomorrow, February 27, at the Manchester Golf Club in Mandeville, starting at 6:00 pm. The yearly festival of mainly spoken word performances, is hosted by veteran dub poet Yasus Afari, and seeks to utilize ‘edutainment’ as a means of social renewal [...]
Continue reading...Poetry Night – Nell’s Cafe – February 25
25. February 2011
There is nothing like feeling the vibe … freely expressing over the mic … it’s the place to be .. cozy ambiance and good company … doing me … it’s Nell’s Cafe’s Poetry Night, this Friday, February 25.
Continue reading...Book Review – Falmouth Of My Childhood
20. February 2011
In today’s Sunday Gleaner, Barbara Nelson reviews Yolanda N. Mittoo’s Falmouth Of My Childhood, a book about Mittoo’s childhood memories of life in Falmouth, the capital of Trelawny. In the introduction to the 227-page book, she notes that many of the older folks in her grandmother’s and mother’s age group have passed on without recording [...]
Continue reading...Book Signing Event – Do you see…? By Graham Davis
18. February 2011
Harmony Hall are pleased to invite you to a signing of the book, “Do you see…?”, by Graham Davis, on Sunday, February 27th at 12 noon. Proceeds in aid of Widow’s Mite Childrens’ Home. There will be complimentary cocktails and a special lunch will be available at Toscanini’s. Reservations please: 975 4785.
Continue reading...Review of Caroline Bell Foster’s Book – Saffron’s Choice
13. February 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner newspaper carries a review of Caroline Bell Foster’s book, Saffron’s Choice. Saffron’s Choice is the latest of three novels by Caroline Bell Foster, a British writer of Jamaican parentage who lives in Nottingham, England. The story begins in ‘No Worries’, an exotic and successful coffee bar, popularly called ‘Lucas’ place’ after the [...]
Continue reading...Book Reading & Signing: Damali Henry – Taunted by Choice … A Jamaican Saga Of Living On The Edge
11. February 2011
Bookland New Kingston presents a Book Reading and Signing with Damali Henry, author of Taunted by Choice….A Jamaican Saga of Living on the Edge, on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at 53 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5. TAUNTED By Choice…A Jamaican Saga of Living on the Edge chronicles the lives of seven people whose [...]
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28. February 2011
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