{"id":546,"date":"2012-05-14T14:33:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/?p=546"},"modified":"2015-04-27T14:33:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T14:33:52","slug":"10th-annual-st-martin-book-fair-opens-may-31-with-leading-economist-dr-norman-girvan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/2012\/05\/14\/10th-annual-st-martin-book-fair-opens-may-31-with-leading-economist-dr-norman-girvan\/","title":{"rendered":"10th annual St. Martin Book Fair opens May 31 with leading economist Dr. Norman Girvan."},"content":{"rendered":"

GREAT BAY\/MARIGOT, St. Martin (May 14, 2012)<\/span><\/strong>\u2014The 10th annual St. Martin Book Fair, will take place on May 31 \u2013 June 2, 2012, said book fair coordinator Shujah Reiph.<\/p>\n

Some 14 guest authors and artists, from Asia to the Americas, will be on hand to celebrate the opening of the book fair\u2019s 10th anniversary edition at the Belair Community Center on Thursday, May 31, at 8 pm, said Reiph.<\/p>\n

Dr. Girvan, leading economist, author, and professor emeritus at UWI-Trinidad, will deliver the keynote address, \u201cThe Cost of Moving Forward with Caribbean Unity,\u201d at the opening ceremony of the literary festival, said Reiph.<\/p>\n

Dr. Girvan is an essential \u2018go to man\u2019 for presidents and prime ministers and was only recently the United Nations Secretary General\u2019s Personal Representative on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Controversy (2010), said Reiph.<\/p>\n

Books by Dr. Girvan and all of the visiting authors, and titles by the growing number of St. Martin writers, will be available at the book fair.<\/p>\n

There are over 20 book fair and pre-book fair activities planned for the festival by the Book Fair Committee (BFC), said Reiph. All book fair activities are free and \u201cthe general public is invited to this \u2018book fair for the entire family,\u2019\u201d said Reiph.<\/p>\n

The St. Maarten Tourist Bureau returns in 2012 as the main sponsor of the St. Martin Book Fair. \u201cThe Tourist Bureau as the main committed sponsor and the University of St. Martin as the home sponsor of the main book fair day, have been collaborating with the St. Martin Book Fair from the very beginning,\u201d said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP), one of the book fair organizers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Education and Culture, headed by the outgoing minister Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, made a contribution this year to the St. Martin Book Fair\u2019s 10th anniversary,\u201d said Reiph, who is also president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF).<\/p>\n

CLF and HNP have been organizing the St. Martin Book Fair since 2003, in collaboration with the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau and the University of St. Martin.<\/p>\n

The opening ceremony of the festival is alternated each year between both parts of the island. Various activities, the main book launch, and the school visits by international and St. Martin writers are conducted island-wide \u201cin keeping with the island\u2019s traditional unity,\u201d said Reiph.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Norman Girvan, economist, author, professor emeritus UWI-Trinidad. (Courtesy NG)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shujah Reiph, book fair coordinator (L) with BFC member Cindy Peters. (Courtesy file photo)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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