Category: Jamaica
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Calabash Literary Festival 2025 starts May 23
The Calabash International Literary Festival 2025, with the theme “bless up,” will be held in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, from May 23 to 25, 2025. The Calabash International Literary Festival, which runs every two years, was founded in 2001 by novelist Colin Channer, poet Kwame Dawes, and Justine Henzell. Since then, it has hosted some of…
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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025 shortlists announced
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025 shortlists were announced in London, UK, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent who made the shortlist. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English in the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean,…
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OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist was announced in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, March 16, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry, fiction…
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Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère 2025 premiere selection announced
The premiere selection of Prix Fragonard De Litterature Etrangere 2025 was announced on Monday, December 9, 2024. Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère (English: Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature) is a French literary prize that rewards a book written by a woman, translated into French and published in France, to give more visibility to foreign women’s…
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Prix Littéraire Prix Montluc Résistance et liberté 2025 longlist announced
The longlist for Prix Littéraire Prix Montluc Résistance et liberté 2025 was announced on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Prix Montluc Resistance et Liberté (English: Montluc Resistance and Freedom Prize) is awarded to an author, whether French or foreign, whose work questions current methods of fighting against oppression in all its manifestations, or whose work represents…
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Jamaica Book Festival for Kingston in December
The inaugural Jamaica Book Festival, founded by Latoya West-Blackwood, will be held in Kingston from December 6 – 8, 2024. The Jamaica Book Festival is a new literary extravaganza celebrating literature, culture, and the transformative power of books in the Caribbean nation. It brands itself as a “festival of ideas,” hoping to spark important conversations…
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Book Digest: Chiziterem Chijioke, Médessè Nathalie Sagbo, Yashika Graham, Eugen Bacon
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Chiziterem Chijioke, Médessè Nathalie Sagbo, Yashika Graham, and Eugen Bacon. Dear Zimi by Chiziterem Chijioke Publisher: QuramoDate: October 23, 2024Genre: Fiction, RomanceLanguage: English Where to find it: To be confirmed Chiziterem Chijioke Chiziterem Chijioke is a Creative Director, Digital Marketer, and Storyteller. She is…
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Stefan Bindley-Taylor, Diana McCaulay win Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Awards 2024
Stefan Bindley-Taylor and Diana McCaulay won the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 on Sunday, September 1, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories,…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories, workshops,…
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Book Digest: Veronique Tadjo, Zukiswa Wanner, Andie Davis, Bill “Blade” Howell
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Veronique Tadjo, Zukiswa Wanner, Bill “Blade” Howell, and Andie Davis. Je Mercie La Nuit by Veronique Tadjo Publisher: Mémoire d’EncrierDate: August 19, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Mémoire d’Encrier Veronique Tadjo Born in Paris, Véronique Tadjo grew…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced
The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories, workshops,…
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The Book Fairy Festival for Jamaica
The Book Fairy Festival will be hosted in Kingston, Jamaica from July 25 – 28, 2024. The Book Fairy Festival was founded and curated by Shanique Sinclair (also known as Shanz The Book Fairy), an advocate for literature, education, and the transformative power of books. The festival will include author signings, panels, a children’s…
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Book Digest: Ishi Robinson, João Melo, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Iris Mwanza
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Ishi Robinson, João Melo, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and Iris Mwanza. Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson Publisher: HarperDate: April 23, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Harper Ishi Robinson Ishi Robinson is a Jamaican writer living in…
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Safiya Sinclair wins OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024
Safiya Sinclair was declared the winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 in Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Arif Ali was also awarded the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award 2024. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by…
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Ishion Hutchinson on Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist
Ishion Hutchinson’s poetry collection School of Instructions is in the shortlist for Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize 2024 announced on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written in or translated into English. The Canada-based prize was founded by businessman and…