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Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange has announced that internationally acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes will be the next Poet Laureate of Jamaica. Minister Grange said that Dawes emerged as the most suitable person after a public nomination process, which was followed by a seven-member committee vote administered by the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ). His investiture of as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica for...

The Governor of Rhode Island, Dan McKee, has appointed Jamaican-born Colin Channer as the state’s new poet-laureate.

Book lovers and bibliophiles converge in Miami for the 40th annual Miami Book Fair taking place November 12-19 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College. The eight-day festival features over 400 authors from around the world participating in...

Al Edwards (Our Today) celebrates Justine Henzell, co-founder—with Kwame Dawns and Colin Channer—of renowned literary festival, Treasure Beach’s Calabash. She was conferred with the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Officer for her contributions to the film industry and the literary arts in Jamaica. Justine Henzell was bestowed with a national honour yesterday, the Order of…

Welcome to the latest instalment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival,