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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Mar 6, 2017 | 12 East Street, Literature and Poetry
Ishion Hutchinson nominated for prestigious poetry award Jamaican poet, Ishion Hutchinson has been nominated for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. This nomination is for his second and latest collection, House of Lords and Commons; published last...