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by Delmark Thompson | February 14, 2017 | 12 East Street | 1 Comment

In this season of love, we’re taking a look at 10 captivating love stories. These stories of triumphant love gripped the nation…

Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Deepens Cultural Connections in the UK.

by Jaleel James | December 5, 2022 | Poet Laureate News | 0 Comments

Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Dr. Olive Senior was a primary-featured poet opening the five days long, “Out of Many Lit Festival”, produced by the Jamaica Society Leeds in the United Kingdom. This diaspora celebration of Jamaica’s diamond Jubilee saw Senior sharing the...

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

by Delmark Thompson | July 3, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Literature and Poetry | 0 Comments

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 'stay-cation', you'll want to keep these #SummerReads close at hand....

Anthony Winkler Archives Presentation in Photos

by Delmark Thompson | June 30, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Our New Money! On the Anniversary of Changeover Day

by Delmark Thompson | September 8, 2017 | 12 East Street, History | 0 Comments

On Monday September 8, 1969 (known as Changeover Day) Jamaica saw the introduction of five (5) coins that truly marked the beginning of Jamaican currency/coinage. After 149 years (1840) of using the currency of the United Kingdom, the island was finally getting ‘its...

#Summer Reads: The Pagoda by Patricia Powell

by Delmark Thompson | July 4, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Literature and Poetry | 0 Comments

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. Let us know what you think! The...

Remembering Tom Redcam: Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate

by Delmark Thompson | June 26, 2017 | 12 East Street, History, Literature and Poetry | 4 Comments

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 the poetry of Jamaica must, of necessity, begin with Tom Redcam'. Thomas...

From Jamaica to Johannesburg: Lorna Goodison speaks at African Women Writers Symposium

by Delmark Thompson | October 3, 2017 | 12 East Street, Literature and Poetry, Poet Laureate News | 0 Comments

On September 15, 2017, the Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, delivered the Nadine Gordimer Memorial Lecture at the 5th African Women International Writer's Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the symposium, Goodison also gave poetry...

Farewell, Poet

by Delmark Thompson | March 20, 2017 | 12 East Street, Literature and Poetry | 0 Comments

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 loved the people...

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

by Delmark Thompson | August 23, 2017 | 12 East Street, History | 2 Comments

August 23 is marked as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. August 1791 is also the anniversary of the start of the Haitian Revolution. The uprising of enslaved and free black men and women on the island of Saint-Dominique...

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