Archive | March, 2011
Jamaican Non-Academic Books Outselling International Books Locally
According to a report in today’s Sunday Observer newspaper, Jamaican non-academic books are now outselling international titles, locally. THE long-held belief that Jamaicans are not “readers” may be losing its relevance as the local book industry celebrates the fact that trade book (non-academic) titles are outselling international ones. In fact, the $8 billion a year [...]
Continue reading...Book Review – Take the Next Step … with Dignity By Monica Cousins
22. March 2011
Book Title – Take the Next Step…with Dignity Author – Monica Cousins Tamil Nadu, South India: Rhema Media Centre, 2009. 246 pages. Reviewed by Mary Hanna and originally featured in the Jamaica Observer newspaper Monica Cousins offers a long, detailed, and often compelling account of the founding and day-to-day running of the Consie Walters Centre [...]
Continue reading...Garfield Ellis – Till I’m Laid To Rest
21. March 2011
Award-winning Jamaican novelist, Garfield Ellis, recently launched his Till I’m Laid To Rest novel in Miami, USA. The book is Ellis’ third novel, and fifth published book, and is published by Nsemni Publishers (Toronto, Canada). Till I’m Laid To Rest is set in Miami and Jamaica, and tells the life of a Jamaican woman, Shirley [...]
Continue reading...Kingston Book Festival 2012 Preview – March 26
20. March 2011
The Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) invites you to a preview of the Kingston Book Festival 2012, which will be staged next year to coincide with celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence. In the preview, a free event (open to the public), which is set to happen on Saturday March 26, 2011 [...]
Continue reading...An Interview With Laurie Gunst, Author Of BORN FI DEAD
20. March 2011
Below we’ve reproduced a NattyDread.Fr interview of Laurie Gunst, author of the popular but controversial “Born Fi’ Dead: A Journey Through The Jamaican Posse Underworld“. THE INTERVIEW Natty Dread : Laurie, can you tell us about your social background? Laurie Gunst : I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia – the capital of the [...]
Continue reading...Counselling For Community Transformation By Dr. Maitland Evans
14. March 2011
Just last year, Dr. Maitland Evans (President of the International University of the Caribbean (IUC)) launched his book entitled, Counselling for Community Transformation. In the book – the first to be published under the newly launched IUC publications label – Evans explores a community counseling paradigm, mission-cultural counselling principles, elements of the counselling design and [...]
Continue reading...All Things Bright & Quadrille For Tigers – Poems By Christine Craig
13. March 2011
Christine Craig’s third book, All Things Bright & Quadrille For Tigers, comprises a collection of poems about Jamaica, but venturing beyond references that create local colour to express an often troubled and uncertain love for the island, and how its creative power spreads to those beyond its shores. Showcasing one of the Caribbean’s most original [...]
Continue reading...Jamaica’s Gifts To The World – A Book By Lloyd Eubank-Green
12. March 2011
Jamaica’s Gifts To The World is a new book by Lloyd Eubank-Green (Past President of the Rotary Club of St. Andrew). The book highlights some of Jamaica’s most notable achievers on the world stage, including billionaire businessman Michael Lee Chin, sprint king Usain Bolt, reggae star Bob Marley, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell [...]
Continue reading...Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose & Essays
11. March 2011
Caribbean Erotic: Poetry, Prose & Essays is a new paperback that was edited by Donna Weir-Soley and Opal Palmer Adisa. A wide-ranging anthology of poetry, short fiction, and critical essays that are designed to generate thought about what is still a conflicted area of Caribbean literature and culture, this revealing, in-depth examination explores the many [...]
Continue reading...Jamaica Partnership For Education (JPE) Bookworm Bites Reading Series
10. March 2011
NEM Insurance Company, in partnership with the Jamaica National Building Society Foundation, recently launched its Jamaica Partnership for Education (JPE) Bookworm Bites Reading Series at the Parry Town Primary School in St. Ann. The reading series aims to foster greater interest in reading among young people across Jamaica, and falls under a JPE programme which [...]
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27. March 2011
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