by oes_news | May 13, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News 2016
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 10, 2016)—How can the life of a writer, his or her books, and other facets of his or her life be made into an exciting movie? Surinamese film director Ida Does has already answered that question. Poetry is an island is a feature film about...
by oes_news | May 8, 2016 | News 2016
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 8, 2016)—The United Volleyball Club (UVC) is gearing up for its annual “summer camp,” said club coordinator Dr. Rhoda Arrindell. UVC members will be among those attending the camp and at least one will serve as a camp leader for the...
by oes_news | May 8, 2016 | News 2016
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 8, 2016)—The people at Don’t Break the Comb (DBC) have come up with what looks like the making of a new hair social event. “The upcoming program is called ‘Let There Be Hair!’” said Rochelle Ward, the DBC managing director. DBC, the St....
by oes_news | May 1, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News 2016
by Ralph Cantave GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 1, 2016)—The Peridot Foundation will contribute to the sponsorship of the 14th annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 2 – 4, 2016, said the Hon. drs. Gracita Arrindell. This is the third time that Peridot has teamed up with the...
by oes_news | Apr 8, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News, News 2016
GREAT BAY – Dynamic speaker and leading space scientist Dr. Camille Wardrop Alleyne will deliver the keynote address of the St. Martin Book Fair, June 2 – 4, 2016, said Shujah Reiph, book fair coordinator. “The Science of It” is the theme of the literary...
by oes_news | Mar 30, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News 2016
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (March 30, 2016)—The Virgin Islands Public Library has received a gift pack of books published in St. Martin as a promotion of the St. Martin Book Fair and of book publishing and literary readings in the Caribbean, said Jacqueline Sample,...
by oes_news | Mar 28, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News 2016
MARIGOT, St. Martin (March 28, 2016)—Max Rippon, the Marie-Galante novelist and poet was in St. Martin on what turned out to be a mini-working visit over the Easter weekend, said Shujah Reiph, St. Martin Book Fair coordinator. “The growing number of young and famous...
by oes_news | Feb 15, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News, News 2016
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (February 14, 2016)—The St. Martin Book Fair, slated for mid-2016, is already being profiled in the USA and Caribbean media. “Readers and authors will be gathering in the Caribbean for the 14th annual St. Martin Book Fair, scheduled for June 2...
by oes_news | Aug 16, 2015 | News 2015
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (August 16, 2015)—Rochelle Ward continues to spread her poetic wings by reciting her poetry abroad, most recently at Dominica’s Nature Island Literary Festival and Book Fair 2015, said Lasana M. Sekou of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). The St....
by oes_news | May 24, 2015 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2015
GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 24, 2015)—Rochelle Ward has been selected to represent the island’s writers and authors at the 13th annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 – 6, 2015, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP)....
