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Writers’ Retreat in Content, St. James – August 12 to 19, 2012
The Content Writers’ Retreat is a 7-day rejuvenating workshop that’s set to happen August 12-19 at the Anchor Listing Villa in Montego Bay. This event seeks to allow emerging and established writers to work with a Guest Artist on creating new story ideas, finishing first drafts, and polishing existing manuscripts. The Retreat will include workshop [...]
Continue reading...Life After GSAT: Preparing For First Form & Beyond
19. June 2012
Joan A. Davis-Williams & Associates with support from Sangster’s Book Stores and Nuvomedia Jamaica presents LIFE AFTER GSAT: PREPARING FOR FIRST FORM & BEYOND When: Saturday June 30, 2012 (8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Venue: Wyndham Kingston Hotel Cost: J$6000 (includes a signed copy of Preparing for Exams and Beyond Book 1, registration and refreshment [...]
Continue reading...Emrie James Museum Presents A Reading From 3 Jamaican Plays
7. June 2012
When? Friday, June 15. For more information, please see the flyer below.
Continue reading...Calabash 2012 – Jubilation – May 25-27, 2012
17. May 2012
… 3 days … 30 writers … celebrating 50 years of Jamaican literature Calabash 2012 is set to happen May 25-27, 2012.
Continue reading...Bookophilia Hosts Children’s Weekend In celebration Of National Child’s Month
15. May 2012
In celebration of National Child’s Month, Bookophilia book store is hosting a Children’s Weekend this Saturday and Sunday (May 19-20, 2012). It kicks off on May 19 (11 a.m. to 12 noon) with Crayons Count Story-Time with Deika Morrison. Deika Morrison, from Crayons Count, will be the special guest storyteller, at a Story-Time event which [...]
Continue reading...The Vagina Monologues – April 27
25. April 2012
The Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler, and directed by Fabian Thomas, happens this Friday, April 27, at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts (UWI Mona Campus). Check out the flyer below.
Continue reading...A Night For Adults Only – With Steamy Adult Poems – April 27 – Studio 38
23. April 2012
Dynamic Event Services invites you to enjoy a night for adults only, filled with steamy adult poems by Shelly-Ann Weeks, Tanya Shirley, Rosie Murray, Tomlin Ellis and others. When? Friday, April 27 (6 p.m. to 12 midnight) Where? Studio 38, 38A Trafalgar Road, Kingston 5
Continue reading...Speak Lunch! Every Last Friday In New Kingston
18. April 2012
Coming up on Friday, April 27 (and every last Friday from hereon), 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., grab your lunch and make your way to the courtyard between the Jamaica Tourist Board and Pan Caribbean Bank in New Kingston, to join local authors and poets for Speak Lunch. Stop by for a delightful hour of [...]
Continue reading...Calabash Festival – Jubilation 2012 – One Festival, Three Nights, 30 Writers – May 25 to 27
20. March 2012
The return of the Calabash Festival, after a two year hiatus, will be done under the theme ‘Jubilation 2012′, and happens May 25 to 27 at its usual home (Jake’s) in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. As the flyer below indicates, it will be a celebration of 50 years of Jamaican literature (in Jamaica’s 50th year [...]
Continue reading...Love Affair With Literature: Poetry & Prose Readings | March 20
17. March 2012
The Department of Literatures in English cordially invites the public to a series of poetry and prose readings as part of the scheduled activities for March is Literatures in English Month. Please join them for the second lyrical treat: readings by Garfield Ellis, Karen Hutchinson, Sharon Leach, Monica Minott, Mervyn Morris and Renee Moulton on [...]
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30. June 2012
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