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Gleaner Feature On Dutty Bookman, Author Of ‘Tried & True: Revelations of a Rebellious Youth’
Today’s Gleaner newspaper carries a feature on Dutty Bookman, author of Tried & True: Revelations of a Rebellious Youth. It takes one man to start a revolution, and 29-year-old writer Dutty Bookman hopes to be that one. The writer has taken up his pen as his weapon and his debut novel, Tried & True: Revelations [...]
Continue reading...Review – Grace Kelly’s “Grieve If You Must”
25. September 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner carries a review of Grace A. Kelly’s “Grieve If You Must” book. Grief is a natural response to loss. Sometimes it may feel as if the sadness will never let up. While these feelings can be frightening and overwhelming, they are normal reactions to loss. Grace Kelly, chair of the Department of [...]
Continue reading...Feature On Book Empire Ltd.
31. July 2011
Today’s Sunday Observer newspaper has a feature on Bruce Baylis’ Book Empire Ltd., manufacturers and distributors of the SEEK brand of exercise books. “I grew up seeing my grandfather and father working at Stationery Manufacturers, located then off Bell Road in Kingston. They were in the business of manufacturing exercise books. My parents then branched [...]
Continue reading...Review Of Wayne Brown’s Posthumous Book Launch
31. July 2011
On Monday July 18, Bookophilia hosted the launch of two titles from legendary poet, memoirist, journalist, literary scholar and creative writing teacher, the late Wayne Vincent Brown. The two collections, On the Coast and other Poems, and The Scent of the Past and other Stories, were posthumously published by Peepal Tree Press in November 2010 [...]
Continue reading...Review Of Horace Fletcher’s Fish Kill and Other Modern Day Fables
1. May 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner carries a review of Horace Fletcher’s Fish Kill and Other Modern Day Fables. Horace Fletcher’s Fish Kill and other Modern Day Fables dives unabashedly headlong into the treacherous waters of deliberately and obviously attempting to teach life lessons through art. It is a path which can easily lead to the literary equivalent [...]
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...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...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...Franklin W. Knight’s Recommendations For A Caribbean Bookshelf
22. December 2010
In today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper, Franklin W. Knight makes his recommendations of a few books that are relevant for a Caribbean bookshelf. By any ranking, the past year produced some exceptional publications. Although I read just a small fraction of the publications, it is pleasantly surprising how many of these outstanding books dealt with Caribbean [...]
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4. December 2011
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