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Kingston Book Festival, March 17, 2012, Emancipation Park – Kingston Jamaica

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JADA is happy to participate and support this very worthy cause which will be a treat for the entire family – Join our members and friends for some excellent dramatic readings featuring some of  Jamaica’s finest writers.

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Tribute to the Greats
MAIN STAGE
Featuring the work of Miss Lou, Trevor Rhone and Michael Thelwell
Featuring Dorothy Cunningham, Clive Duncan, Dahlia Harris and  Rodney Campbell

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Our History, Our Heroes
MAIN STAGE
Featuring books about Marcus Garvey and Sam Sharpe, works by former Prime Ministers Michael Manley and Edward Seaga as well as Rebecca Tortello’s Pieces of the Past and Valerie Wint’s The Longer Run.

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Jamaican Storytelling                                                                    
Featuring classic Jamaican children’s tales by Sir Philip Sherlock and Linda Gambrill as well as new Jamaican favourites by Diane Browne, Jana Bent, Kellie Magnus and child author, Joel McGowan

4:00pm – 5:00pm
Jamaican Authors on the World Stage
MAIN STAGE
Featuring the work of Claude McKay, Anthony Winkler, Olive Senior, Andrea Levy and Malcolm Gladwell.
Special appearances by Mervyn Morris, Sheldon Shepherd, Alwyn Scott, Scarlett Beharie and Karen Harriott.

5:00pm – 6:00pm
New Day, New Voices
MAIN STAGE
Featuring the work of Colin Channer, Marlon James, Robert Lalah, Kei Miller, Kevin O’Brien Chang and Amina Blackwood Meeks.
 
Main Stage Schedule and Select Children’s Activities
 
10:30am – 11:00am Sezi Sings Alphabet With The Kids                                         
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT
 
11:00am – 11:30am Salvation Army Band                                                                     
MAIN STAGE
 
11:30am – 12:00pm Sezi Sings Alphabet With The Kids                                         
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT                                                   

11:30am – 11:45am Photo Opportunities with Clifford the Big Red Dog        
BOOK MERCHANT TENT
 
12:00pm – 12:30pm Colour Your Thoughts                                                                   
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT
 
12:00pm – 12:30pm Ring Games with Lorna Fraser                                                  
LEGO YUH MIND TENT
 
12:30pm – 1:00pm Storytelling with Denise Graham                                            
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT
 
12:30pm – 1:00pm Sing-along with Rosina Moder                                                 
LEGO YUH MIND TENT
 
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Tribute to the Greats
MAIN STAGE
Featuring the work of Miss Lou, Trevor Rhone and Michael Thelwell
Featuring Dorothy Cunningham, Clive Duncan, Dahlia Harris and  Rodney Campbell
 
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Our History, Our Heroes
MAIN STAGE
Featuring books about Marcus Garvey and Sam Sharpe, works by former Prime Ministers Michael Manley and Edward Seaga as well as Rebecca Tortello’s Pieces of the Past and Valerie Wint’s The Longer Run.
 
1:00pm – 2:00pm Robotics with Lego Yuh Mind/Halls of Learning                               
LEGO YUH MIND TENT
 
1:15pm – 1:30pm Photo Opportunities with Sesame Street Characters     
SANDALS FOUNDATION TENT
 
1:30pm – 2:00pm Super Grover debut                                                                      
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT                   
              
2:00pm – 4:00pm Children’s Readings and Performances                                
MAIN STAGE
Other children’s readings take place throughout the day at publisher and bookseller tents.
 
Sesame Street Walk Around Characters
2:00pm – 2:30pm Story time with Elmo

2:30pm – 3:00pm Dance with Zoey
 
3:00pm – 4:00pm Jamaican Storytelling                                                                    
Featuring classic Jamaican children’s tales by Sir Philip Sherlock and Linda Gambrill as well as new Jamaican favourites by Diane Browne, Jana Bent, Kellie Magnus and child author, Joel McGowan.
 
3:00pm – 6:00pm Arts and Crafts with El Centro                                                   
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT
 
3:00pm – 6:00pm Puppet Making with DGMT                                                       
SUPREME KIDS’ TENT
 
3:15pm – 4:15pm Robotics with Lego Yuh Mind/Halls of Learning
LEGO YUH MIND TENT
 
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Jamaican Authors on the World Stage                                 
MAIN STAGE
Featuring the work of Claude McKay, Anthony Winkler, Olive Senior, Andrea Levy and Malcolm Gladwell.
Special appearances by Mervyn Morris, Sheldon Shepherd, Alwyn Scott, Scarlett Beharie and Karen Harriott.
 
4:30pm – 4:45pm Photo Opportunities with Clifford the Big Red Dog
BOOK MERCHANT TENT
 
4:30pm – 5:30pm Robotics with Lego Yuh Mind/Halls of Learning
LEGO YUH MIND TENT
 
5:00pm – 6:00pm
New Day, New Voices
MAIN STAGE
Featuring the work of Colin Channer, Marlon James, Robert Lalah, Kei Miller, Kevin O’Brien Chang and Amina Blackwood Meeks.

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