{"id":1414,"date":"2015-05-24T20:09:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T20:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2015-05-24T20:09:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T20:09:42","slug":"rochelle-ward-represents-st-martin-writers-at-book-fair-2015-opening-ceremony-at-new-media-tech-center-in-marigot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/2015\/05\/24\/rochelle-ward-represents-st-martin-writers-at-book-fair-2015-opening-ceremony-at-new-media-tech-center-in-marigot\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochelle Ward represents St. Martin writers at Book Fair 2015; opening ceremony at new Media Tech center in Marigot"},"content":{"rendered":"

GREAT BAY\/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 24, 2015)<\/b>\u2014Rochelle Ward has been selected to represent the island\u2019s writers and authors at the 13th<\/sup> annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 – 6, 2015, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ward also writes under the name Faizah Tabasamu, and has been published in the recent \u00a0book, Where I See The Sun \u2013 Contemporary Poetry in St. Martin<\/i>. \u201cFaizah is one of the island\u2019s few consistent and quality bloggers, at rochelleward.com<\/a> and saltfishandlace.com<\/a>. Also, the author Lasana Sekou considers her to be St. Martin\u2019s leading new generation poet,\u201d said Sample.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It will be an honor to hold the torch of St. Martin\u2019s literary expressions this year at the St. Martin Book Fair. I encourage all other local writers to come out to this weekend event where writers, wordsmiths, and philosophers from around the world rally on our island. Come, let them feel the strength of our pulse,\u201d said Ward.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cEach year a published writer is selected by book fair organizers to represent the nation\u2019s writers and authors. The writer\u2019s photo appears on the book fair poster as one of the invited authors from around the world. The selected writer coordinates a workshop and attends as many book fair activities as possible, like a St. Martin literary ambassador,\u201d said Shujah Reiph of Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF). The literary festival is organized by CLF and HNP.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnother encouragement for writers and publishing in St. Martin is the book exhibition at the opening ceremony on June 4, and on the main book fair day at USM, on June 6, said Reiph. \u201cNew to the exhibition will be school teacher Joselyne Arnell.\u201d Ignacio and the Mysterious Egg<\/i> is the first children\u2019s book by the French Quarter native, \u201cand it came out only a few weeks ago,\u201d said Reiph.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All authors living on the island, whether they are self-published or published by a traditional publisher can sell their books at the book fair. In this way, St. Martin people and our visitors get to see, and to buy as gifts or for personal reading pleasure, more books in one place than they might get at any other time or place on the island, said Reiph.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe writers also get a chance to meet more people in one place,\u201d said Reiph. Writers and booksellers of all types of books will get a free table on a first come basis by contacting consciouslyrics@yahoo.com<\/a>, according to a Book Fair Committee information letter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe June 4 opening ceremony of the island-wide book fair takes place at the Territorial Media Tech, at 8 PM, in Spring Concordia, Marigot. The new center houses the public library, and is \u201ca super attraction this year because of its spaciousness and attractive design,\u201d said Reiph.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAll of the people of our entire island are invited to the opening ceremony, to meet exciting writers, find new books, and to participate in all activities of the 13th<\/sup> annual St. Martin Book Fair, on June 4 – 6, 2015,\u201d said Reiph.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rochelle<\/p>\n

Faizah Tabasamu (Rochelle Ward) represents the nation\u2019s writers and authors at 13th<\/sup> annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 – 6, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The new Territorial Media Tech center, in Spring Concordia, Marigot, is the place for the opening ceremony of the 13th<\/sup> annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 4 – 6, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GREAT BAY\/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 24, 2015)\u2014Rochelle Ward has been selected to represent the island\u2019s 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). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ward also writes under the name Faizah Tabasamu, and has been published in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-fair-news","category-bookfair-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}