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MUSIQ Bar & Lounge Spoken Word Showcase
All creative genuises …. The Musiq spoken word showcase starts Monday, February 4 at the MUSIQ BAR AND LOUNGE PORK PIT COMPLEX located on GLOUCESTER AVE in Montego Bay. It will bee hosted By the Nubian Princess Genuis. Bring your Poems, guitars,tracks or just and open mind!
Continue reading...Free E-Book Publishing Presentation – December 21
20. December 2012
On Friday, December 21, at 3 p.m., the Edna Manley College of The Visual & Performing Arts (1 Arthur Wint Drive) will host a free e-book publishing presentation by Jamaican-born writer Judy Powell. Powell currently lives in Ontario, Canada, and is happy to have transitioned from over twenty years in the corporate world to now [...]
Continue reading...Coop Clan – Jamaica’s First Young Adult Series
12. December 2012
Tomorrow, December 13 [6:30 - 8:30 p.m.], at Bookophilia on Hope Road in Kingston, Kerine Miller reads excerpts and discusses Jamaica’s first young adult book series – The Coop Clan. The series follows Jamaican girls in our own cultural context: from uniforms, to hurricanes to banana chips and bag juice! “Five girls from very different [...]
Continue reading...Pieces of Jamaica Book Launch – November 7
1. November 2012
On Wednesday, November 7 (6:30 – 8:30 p.m.), David I. Muir will launch his “Pieces of Jamaica” book at the Devonshire, Devon House. “Pieces of Jamaica™, The Real Rock Edition” showcases authentic Jamaica in gripping photographs. From the boys playing football in “Make Shift” to the woman roasting breadfruit in “Breshe”, David stills the beauty [...]
Continue reading...Leonie Forbes Reading From Her Autobiography – October 22
20. October 2012
The Jamaica Association of Dramatic Artists and Bookophilia book store presents Leonie Forbes in her own words: a personal reading from her autobiography. When? Monday, October 22, 2012 | 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Where? Bookophilia (92 Hope Road, Kingston 6)
Continue reading...Workshop – FROM SCRIPT to SALES: How to become an eBook Success Story
25. September 2012
On Thursday, September 27 at 7 p.m. at the Spanish Court Hotel, Kellie Magnus (Publishing Director, Book Industry Association of Jamaica), Ingrid Riley of CONNECTiD and Lloyd Laing of JL Mobile will host a workshop on ebooks. The topic: FROM SCRIPT to SALES: How to become an eBook Success Story The Speakers: David Mullings- ebook [...]
Continue reading...Panel Discussion On Hartley Neita’s biography – ‘Jamaica’s “Forgotten Prime Minister”- Donald Sangster’
16. September 2012
On Tuesday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m., Bookophilia will host a distinguished panel chaired by Professor Rupert Lewis, and including: Professor Patrick Bryan, Ken Chaplin and Michelle Neita. The panel will discuss questions in the context of Hartley Neita’s biography ‘Jamaica’s “Forgotten Prime Minister”- Donald Sangster‘. Hartley Neita served as press secretary and officer to [...]
Continue reading...Special Reading Event – Diana McCaulay’s Huracan
8. September 2012
On Thursday, September 13, author Diana McCaulay will be doing a special reading of her newest novel “Huracan” at the Red Bones Blues Cafe. Huracan is a fictional novel with a contemporary heroine, which draws on elements of McCaulay’s family history and events in 18th century Jamaica, to depict a story of Caribbean family and [...]
Continue reading...The Launch of Streaming: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles
17. August 2012
Dr. Marcia Forbes will be launching her newly released book, Streaming: Volume 1; #Social Media, Mobile Lifestyles at Bookophilia on Thursday August 23, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. This launch event will also be streamed live online. If you’re an entrepreneur, a business person or simply soneone who is interested in social media and social media [...]
Continue reading...Readings in the Park: Claude McKay to Olive Senior
5. July 2012
The National Library of Jamaica and Kwame Dawes present Readings in the Park: Claude McKay to Olive Senior – a celebration of Jamaican literary works that will explore a few of the finest offerings of Jamaican literature. When? Friday, July 20, 2012 at 5 p.m. Where? Emancipation Park, Kingston
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