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Corporate Hands | Inaugural Jamaica Book Festival champions literacy at Children’s Day

Published:Thursday | December 12, 2024 | 12:06 AM
Latoya West-Blackwood (third left, back), founder and director, Jamaica Book Festival (JBF), and Joel Nomdarkham (second right, back), social impact creator and author of ‘Future Makers: A Guide to 30 Creative Careers’, caught in a fun pose with stude
Latoya West-Blackwood (third left, back), founder and director, Jamaica Book Festival (JBF), and Joel Nomdarkham (second right, back), social impact creator and author of ‘Future Makers: A Guide to 30 Creative Careers’, caught in a fun pose with students from Jessie Ripoll Primary at the end of day one of the festival’s opening Children’s Day event held on December 6 at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Library. Dubbed the ‘Festival of Ideas’, the JBF had a weekend of reimagining literacy with fun, educational and interactive activities. The festival was held between December 6 and December 8.