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#SummerReads: ‘Testing the Chains’ by Michael Craton

Jul 5, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Literature and Poetry

#SummerReads: ‘Testing the Chains’ by Michael Craton 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...

#Summer Reads: The Pagoda by Patricia Powell

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

#Summer Reads: The Pagoda by Patricia Powell Handpicked by National Library of Jamaica staff, these books are sure to grab your attention and maybe even teach you something you didn’t know before. All our #SummerReads are available in the book collection at the NLJ....

#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...

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.

“Miss Lou and Why She Matters” – Presentation by Professor Mervyn Morris, Poet Laureate of Jamaica at the Launch of the Miss Lou Archives on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the NLJ.

Nov 18, 2016 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Culture

For many of Miss Lou’s admirers she was simply a humorous entertainer. She was always more than that.[1] As Robert Verity put it in 1961: ‘Her work has constituted an invaluable contribution to the discovery and development of an indigenous culture and her verses...