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#SummerReads: ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ by Nicola Yoon

Jul 3, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Literature and Poetry

#SummerReads: ‘The Sun is Also a Star’ by Nicola Yoon It’s Summer! This is a time to unwind and get some much needed rest and relaxation. Whether you’re spending your holidays at the beach, in the country, overseas, or just enjoying a relaxing...

Remembering Tom Redcam: Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate

Jun 26, 2017 | 12 East Street, History, Literature and Poetry

Remembering Tom Redcam: Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate In celebration of the birthday of Tom Redcam – 147 years ago today – we remember the legacy of Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate. J.E.Clare McFarlane once wrote that ‘any consideration of...

Presenting Lorna Goodison, Poet Laureate of Jamaica

May 22, 2017 | 12 East Street, Poet Laureate News

Presenting Lorna Goodison, Poet Laureate of Jamaica On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, Lorna Goodison CD was officially invested as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2017-2020. Despite the heavy rains the day before, the glittering Ballroom at King’s House was filled...

Home At Last: The Anthony Winkler Archives at the National Library of Jamaica

May 18, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ

The following speech was delivered by Dr. Kim Robinson-Walcott at the Presentation of the Anthony Winkler Archives to the National Library of Jamaica on April 6, 2017. Kim Robinson-Walcott, PhD, is editor/head of Caribbean Quarterly, University of...

Our Favourite Reads: Chandra Smellie on ‘The Painted Canoe’ by Anthony Winkler

Apr 4, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Literature and Poetry

Library Assistant at the NLJ, Chandra Smellie, discusses her favourite read – ‘The Painted Canoe’ by Anthony Winkler.

Farewell, Poet

Mar 20, 2017 | 12 East Street, Literature and Poetry

Farewell, Poet Statement on the death of Sir Derek Walcott by Mrs. Winsome Hudson, National Librarian and CEO of the National Library of Jamaica So Derek Walcott, the poet is dead. But, Derek Walcott was not just any poet; he was the poet who unconditionally...