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United Volleyball Club gears up for annual “summer camp”
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...
“Let there be Hair!” and a full head of art
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....
Peridot contributes to St. Martin Book Fair 2016: for the “value” of reading, writing, and creativity
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
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 festival’s...
St. Martin Book Fair presents books in Tortola
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
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
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...
St. Martin poet Rochelle Ward guest at Dominica’s literary festival 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....
Rochelle Ward represents St. Martin writers at Book Fair 2015; opening ceremony at new Media Tech center in Marigot
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). ...
New Anguilla poetry book launches at Governor Christina Scott’s reception for Literary Festival 2015
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 20, 2015)—Where I See The Sun – Contemporary Poetry in Anguilla, A New Anthology Edited by Lasana M. Sekou, will be launched at Government House in Anguilla on Thursday, May 21. Her Excellency, Ms. Christina Scott, the Governor of Anguilla,...
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