NEWS
Literary Heavyweights for Calabash Literary Festival 2018
Like moths seeking respite from the encroaching darkness, members of Jamaica's literati flocked to the lights of Redbones the Blues Cafe in n early April for the announcement of the 2018 Calabash Literary Festival.
In: Books
Imam Baksh Cops Second Burt Award Prize
For the first time in its five year history, The Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, a writer has won the award for second time. Guyanese author Imam Baksh copped the award for the second time with his manuscript The Dark of the Sea.
In: Books
Coming Home to Teach - Kwame Dawes for Three Events in Kingston
Kwame Dawes is coming home to teach - at least for a few days. The supremely prolific Dawes will be holding a master class, giving a lecture and be one of the headliners at the 2018 Love Affair With Literature.
In: Books
Grace Jones Biography Bloodlight and Bami Launches Voice of a Woman Festival
Grace Jones defines the physical manifestation of fierce. So it seems fitting that the Voice of a Woman Festival is launching on her impressively strong shoulders.
In: Film & TV
Art Through the Eye of the Storm: National Gallery of Cayman Opens New Photographic Series
In the wake of a hurricane most of our attention, and rightly so, goes to the trail of devastation, broken buildings, upended trees and often death that follows. Storms often take with them not only the things that can be easily replaced, but also the intangible.
In: Art & DesignINTERVIEWS
Jamaica Feeds Me: Garfield Ellis on What it Takes to Write When Talent Is Not Enough
Garfield Ellis is possibly one of Jamaica’s best-kept secrets.
In: Books
Tanya Stephens Talks Sex, Reggae and How Hatred Shaped Her
An eloquent and talented lyricist, Tanya Stephens delivered an engaging and provoking talk as the penultimate speaker in the 2016 Reggae Talks series staged by the Department of Literatures in English at the UWI, Mona.
In: Music
Five Questions With Naomi Jackson
While at the Brooklyn Book Festival, Susumba caught up with the bright-eyed and charming Naomi Jackson debut author of The Star Side of Bird Hill (Penguin Press), published in June this year.
In: Books
Chris McFarlane on the Art and Craft of Acting
Prolific is one word that comes to mind when describing Christopher McFarlane, veteran actor of stage and screen.
In: Theatre
REVIEWS
Big Ooman Tings at Calabash 2018
“All I had were words which are as flimsy as air,” read Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage.
In: Books
A Revolution for the Present Day: Girlcott by Florenz Webbe Maxwell
The year is 1959 and Desma Johnson is eight days away from her sixteenth birthday. When disaster strikes in the form of a cinema boycott, Desma must try to make sense of the rapidly changing world around her and find her place in it before she is swept away by the tides of history.
In: Books
A Contemporary Hit: Dreams Beyond the Shore by Tamika Gibson
If you have ever been intrigued by the inner workings of the mind of a Trinidadian teenager Dreams Beyond the Shore is the book for you.
In: Books
Heist Steals the Spotlight
Heist came to life on the stage of the Tallawah Drama Festival in 2014 when it copped awards for Best Production, Best New Play, and Best Set declaring its writer and director Maya Wilkinson an interesting talent to watch.
In: TheatreBook Bag
FEATURE
Ten Steps For Constructing Happiness by Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
Sculptor and jeweller Jasmine Thomas-Girvan delivered the address to open the 2017 final year show for the School of the Visual Arts at the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts.
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