by oes_news | Jun 13, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (June 13, 2017)—At age 87, the distinguished Caribbean poet/scholar offers up Liviticus, his newest poetry book, published here in June by House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP), said Lasana M. Sekou of the indie press. Liviticus is “a monument to...
by oes_news | Jun 11, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (June 11, 2016)—The leading St. Martin painter Sir Roland Richardson is the new recipient of the Presidents Award from the St. Martin Book Fair. Richardson accepted the award at the closing ceremony of the festival’s 15th anniversary on June 3,...
by oes_news | May 18, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 18, 2017)—Pen on Paper: St. Martin 1970 – 2017 by Joseph H. Lake, Jr. was just released here by St. Martin Republic Publishers, said Nzinga Lake, the book’s publicist. Pen on Paper is a collection of over 50 commentaries, news articles, and...
by oes_news | May 14, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 14, 2017)—“As a director trying to capture the essence of the story, … I’m interested in developing a Caribbean aesthetic,” said filmmaker Asha Lovelace about making movies. In Joebell and America that is exactly what Lovelace manages to do...
by oes_news | May 4, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 4, 2017)—The St. Maarten Carnival has just ended but music is still in the Caribbean air. And music will be critically highlighted at the St. Martin Book Fair, June 1 – 3, 2017, said Shujah Reiph, the literary festival director. “The music...
by oes_news | Apr 19, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News 2017
THE SAVANNA, St. Martin (April 18, 2017)—The 15th edition of the annual St. Martin Book Fair will take place at new venues throughout the island from June 1 – 3, 2017, said Shujah Reiph, director of the literary festival. The opening ceremony at Cité Scolaire Robert...
by oes_news | Apr 17, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
MARIGOT, St. Martin (April 12, 2017)—The Association of Caribbean Writers (ACW) awarded its Grand Literature Prize to novelist Rita Indiana at the closing ceremony of the Caribbean Writers Congress (CWC) in Guadeloupe on April 8, 2017. The winning novel, La mucama de...
by oes_news | Feb 1, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News 2017
Caribbean Beat Bookshelf (Jan/Feb 2017) | Book Reviews by Shivanee Ramlochan Columbus, the Moor Review by Natalio...
by oes_news | Jan 4, 2017 | Book Fair News, BookFair 2017, News, News 2017
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (January 4, 2017)—It is not often that a politician is also a major, continuing patron of the cultural arts in St. Martin. Louis Constant Fleming is one of the very few exceptions among this rare grouping in St. Martin, North and South. For the...
