The Decline of Harper Lee
By Boris Kachka From Vulture For Monroeville, Alabama, population 6,400 and shrinking, the summer of 2010 was momentous. Over a long July weekend, locals reenacted historical vignettes, held a silent auction, cooked a southern feast, and led tours of local…
Amazon’s Kindle scout give readers the choice in which authors gets published – kind of
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Amazon launched Kindle Scout, a program that allows readers to chose which up-and-coming authors get published. Despite its decidedly unfriendly-to-authors feud with a major publishing company, Amazon is touting a new program that provides an…
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London: Book by Caribbean Archbishop launched at Carlton Club
By Jo Siedlecka From ICN There was more than a touch of Caribbean sunshine at the Carlton Club in London just before Christmas 2014, when Archbishop Robert Rivas, Archbishop of Castries, arrived for the launch his book ‘How Beautiful the…
New book lifts lid on court of Britain’s Prince Charles
From Business Insider London (AFP) – A new biography of Britain’s Prince Charles reveals how his inner circle is riven with backstabbing and infighting, according to extracts published by The Times newspaper Saturday. Charles’s household has been nicknamed “Wolf Hall”…
Cayman Island winners in regional Rotary Storybook contest
Three primary school children broke through a chrysalis-hard literary competition involving 102 entries from eight schools on Grand Cayman and emerged victors in the third annual Rotary Butterfly Storybook competition. Winners 10 year old Ellie Nickason, of Cayman Prep and…
The Caribbean Writer announces Volume 28 Prize Winners
The Caribbean Writer – the University of the Virgin Islands’ international, refereed, literary journal with a Caribbean focus – announced its annual prize winners for Volume 28, which highlights time, place and memories. Topping the list of prizes is The…
Call for Papers: “The Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Identity and Caribbean Development”
“The Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Identity and Caribbean Development” is the organizing theme for a Special Issue of Social & Economic Studies Journal of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (University of the West Indies, Mona). This…
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Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015: “A Shtetl in the Caribbean”and “Poetry is an Island”
From Repeating Islands The 4th edition of the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (Curaçao IFFR) will take place from March 25-29. The list of Caribbean films will include A Shtetl in the Caribbean by Sherman de Jesus and Poetry is…
Marlee’s Adventure in London: An awesome narrated, illustrated kids book
[prMac.com] George Town, Cayman Islands – Marlee’s Adventures today is thrilled to announce the release of Marlee’s Adventure in London 1.0, their new children’s educational title developed for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Following the enormous success of “Marlee…
Jamaica: The birthplace of James Bond
By Ursula Petula Barzey From Caribbean & Co. Ian Fleming might not have known that the allure of spy Agent 007, the character he created in 1953 would last for more than half a century. Or that over 60 years…
