After plummeting into an abyss following the death of her sister, Janice Brown-Roberts found the strength to rise again by putting pen to paper, an action that has resulted in the publishing of her first book, The Eagle Stays On Top.
Michael 'Freestyle' Thompson, co-founder of the International Reggae Poster Contest, will speak about his work as a politically-engaged graphic artist on Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m.
The following is an excerpt from the novel Silver Rain By Natalee Grant."Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry", he read aloud...
The second most important decision you will make as a parent, apart from deciding to have the child in the first place, is deciding the school in which they will be enrolled. Make the right decision and you could put them on a path toward lifelong learning.
Dr Dave Gosse and Dr Daive Dunkley, lecturers in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of the West Indies, (UWI) Mona, recently held the launch of their books, Abolition and Plantation Management in Jamaica 1807-1838 and Agency of the Enslaved: Jamaica and the Culture of Freedom in the Atlantic World, respectively, and were pleased to see their work come to fruition, despite publisher rigmarole.
Dalton Yap tells a rueful tale of dashed ambition, duplicity and the instinctive will to survive, at any cost. A Jamaican national with strong ties to his Chinese roots, Yap paints his own portrait - that of a driven man, almost obsessed with success at the workplace.
A new Jamaican addition to Amazon's e-book catalogue follows mermaids and three human children as they tackle the mystery of a wily and potent threat to their environment. The Mermaid Escapade is the fourth book for children by Suzanne Francis-Brown - the first launched exclusively on Amazon's Kindle.
It was Sunday. Or Monday. Or Friday. He didn't know. He had been around the world more than once and still couldn't grasp the value of a watch. That dream again, always the same; running down the hallway. Only it's longer than he remembers, infinitely so, and try as he might, he can get no closer to the light at the end.
Who says Jamaican art is dying? Who says creating art as a way of life is losing popularity with young people? The Mutual Gallery and Art Centre Ltd is certainly proving them wrong!
Hues of the yellow light dispersed on the hollow eyes of the Zemi, standing like a warrior enclosed in a glass frame, the large eye sockets of the mahogany figurine holds centuries of Jamaica's history buried in them.
Recently, I got an email from a 'friend' who was 'robbed' and 'stranded' in Wales. I was touched and severely shaken up by his predicament. The following was my response:
Following on my previous article on virtual events being a viable marketing strategy, I present to you today the real test and application of that theory.
Kingston, Jamaica:HELPDESKJA.COM, the leading provider of virtual support services to authors and coaches in writing, publishing, and marketing, has announced that they have received an award in the 2013 Small Business Book Awards, Resources category.
Albert Einstein once said, "Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere" - in the case of these set of creative minds, they took the flight of imagination from recycling cans into carnival finery.
Last week, after revamping some old assignments, I gave my second-year college students in Vancouver a new assignment called One Hundred Questions. Taken from the book, How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb, and adapted for college classroom use, this exercise asks individuals to write 100 questions they find interesting.
