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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Adventure at Brimstone Hill, the first book in the popular Caribbean Adventure Series is now available on Audio CD, thanks to the generosity of the Matheson Trust Fund of St. Kitts & Nevis. Author of the series Carol Ottley-Mitchell expressed great pride in the support being provided by the organization...
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by Jacqueline Sample St. Martin, Caribbean —The cover design of Nativity/Nativité/Natividad, a new poetry book out of St. Martin, appears to be asking us to enter the epic poem through a portal of two towering sculptures by Fernando Botero. The images that dominate the cover are of the colossal Adán and Eva bronze statues,...
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BRADES, Montserrat – Struggles of the heart, faith and troubled pasts abound in Church Affairs, the debut novel by Montserrat native Theo Semper. “Church Affairs doesn’t read like a novel from a first time author,” says Jeevan Robinson of mnialive.com. “Semper handles the story like someone with two or three books already under his...
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BRADES, Montserrat – Joseph “Reds” Perreira was the featured speaker for the 10th Annual Jim Allen Lecture Series. Here is a short excerpt about his thoughts on Jim as a batsman and the game of cricket as it is today.
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GREAT BAY, St. Martin – The author Cynthia Wilson, a grande dame of Barbadian culture, has presented copies of her short stories book, Same Sea … Another Wave, to seven St. Martin institutions, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). Same Sea recipients are the St. Martin’s Home and Bethany Home,...
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GREAT BAY, St. Martin – Felecita Williams, author of St. Martin’s newest autobiography Because of Prayer, returned home recently from a book tour, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). At least one of the island’s alert media caught wind of the writer’s book signing in Rotterdam at the Heritage Full...
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LITTLE BAY – Noted writer and multiple winner of the Montserrat literary Prize for Poetry Chadd Cumberbatch is set to release his first volume of work. The book entitled (hold your breath) ‘Ya Ya Surfeit – Mellonie Boy Dancng On Me Head’ is a collection of mostly poems and monologues inspired by Caribbean life....
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Italian gets Ph.D. on Lasana Sekou’s work GREAT BAY, St. Martin—While all interested eyes here were on the St. Martin Book Fair, visiting authors, and new books launched on St. Martin between the end of May and the first two weeks of June, there were other news brewing afar about the island’s writings, said...
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GREAT BAY, St. Martin—Author Felecita Williams (L, standing) and principal P. Friday pose with pupils of the MLK, Jr. Primary School in Dutch Quarter (6/4/10). Williams visited grades 4 and 5 as part of the “Meet the Writers” program of the 8th annual St. Martin Book Fair. She spoke about her life and near-death...
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GREAT BAY, St. Martin —Lasana Sekou’s new poetry book Nativity/Nativité/Natividad will be launched at the closing ceremony of the St. Martin Book Fair on Saturday, June 5, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers. “We are inviting our book party and book fair friends and new guests from all walks of life to...
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