GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 4, 2014)—The St. Martin Book Fair, with its classic literary teaser theme of “Crime&Punishment,” is geared for its 12th annual edition on June 5 -7, 2014, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP)....

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (March 30, 2014)—The 12th annual St. Martin Book Fair will take place at venues throughout the island from Thursday, June 5 to Saturday, June 7, 2014, said book fair coordinator Shujah Reiph. “The St. Maarten Tourist Bureau (STB), as the...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 10, 2013)—The New York firm Milestone Architecture PLLC recently filmed rehearsals of the Ponum, St. Martin’s only “national dance,” said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). Milestone plans to use the...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 5, 2013)—The St. Martin Book Fair will be an interesting mix of new, famous and senior authors for its 11th edition on May 30 - June 1, 2013, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). Randall Robinson,...

ST. PETERS, St. Martin (April 19, 2013)—On Friday, the St. Maarten Academy received copies of The Angel Horn by Shake Keane, for each student of its Form 4 and 5 literary classes, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). The poetry...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (June 5, 2012)—The “Children’s Room” at the St. Martin Book Fair last Saturday, reflected the attendance in most of the workshops on the festival’s main book fair day at the University of St. Martin (USM). The 43 boys and girls, from age...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (June 5, 2012)—Third-form students of the St. Maarten Academy attended the book fair symposium last Saturday to hear leading Caribbean novelist, essayist, poet, critic, social commentator, and professor, Dr. George Lamming, who explored...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 29, 2012)—Aspiring writers, poets, avid and now-and-then readers, young and seniors, families, and lovers of all things cultural are being invited by organizers to the 10th anniversary St. Martin Book Fair, which actually started...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 28, 2012)— “Imagining the St. Martin Nation” in two books by Lasana M. Sekou is the subject of a pre-book fair discussion taking place at Philipsburg Jubilee Library on Tuesday, May 29, from 7:30 pm – 9 pm. “A panel of experts will...

Authors from the USA, Italy, Barbados, Singapore and more GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 27, 2012)—The St. Martin Book Fair has always attracted a diverse group of authors, novelists and poets through the years and this year is no exception. With authors hailing...