Staff WriterThe Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) invites you to a preview of the Kingston Book Festival 2012, which will be staged next year to coincide with celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence.
In the preview, we will showcase selected winners and entrants in the Eleventh Biennial Publishing and Writing Awards, which will be announced at the Courtleigh Auditorium on Thursday, March 24 at 6:30pm. Books entered in this year’s competition will be on display and on sale at the Saturday event.
SCHEDULE: Saturday, March 26
12:00 – 2:00pm: Public Workshop on Children’s Book Illustration
Led by award-winning illustrator, Aaron Boyd
Kids activities: face painting, arts and crafts
2:00 -3:00pm: Children’s Readings
Jana Bent, Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band
Hazel Campbell, Bernie and the Captain’s Ghost
Kellie Magnus, Little Lion Goes for Gold
Colleen Dennis, Inner-City Girl
3:00 – 4:00pm: Best Selling Books
Diana McCaulay, Dog-Heart
Phillippa Sauterel (Saffron), So Much Things to Say
Edward Seaga: My Life and Leadership
Volume 1: Clash of Ideologies (1930-1980)
4:00 – 5:00pm: Adult Creative Writing
Tracey Tucker, The Day I Met Me
Lilieth Nelson, Angels of Reflection: Poems by Lil
Blossom O’Meally Nelson, Heart-Song
Jean Lowrie Chin, Souldance: Poems and Writings
5:00 – 6:00pm: Adult Non-Fiction
Jennifer Mamby Alexander, If Love’s So Nice
Karen Findlay, In the Light of the Sun
Robert Lalah, Roving with Lalah
Edward Baugh, Frank Collymore: A Biography
jamarch
