Science fiction and forensics science “collide” in St. Martin

by oes_news | May 29, 2016 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2016, News 2016

Great Bay, St. Martin (May 29, 2016)—Experts from the Forensics Department of the St. Maarten Police and popular Canadian science fiction writer Nalo Hopkinson may not know each other yet but their worlds are about to collide on the Friendly Island. “Collide is...

Movie about Derek Walcott to have a St. Martin premiere

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...

Peridot contributes to St. Martin Book Fair 2016: for the “value” of reading, writing, and creativity

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...

Shooting for the stars: NASA scientist Dr. Camille Alleyne at St. Martin Book Fair 2016

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...

St. Martin Book Fair presents books in Tortola

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,...

Max Rippon promotes St. Martin Book Fair in Guadeloupe

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...

St. Martin Book Fair in the New York Daily News, Writer’s Digest, Trinidad’s Guardian

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...