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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...

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

by Delmark Thompson | May 18, 2017 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ | 0 Comments

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...

by Delmark Thompson | December 13, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Ishion Hutchinson nominated for prestigious poetry award

by Delmark Thompson | March 6, 2017 | 12 East Street, Literature and Poetry | 0 Comments

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 year by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Hutchinson is among...

10 Captivating Jamaican Love Stories

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…

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...

“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.

by Delmark Thompson | November 18, 2016 | 12 East Street, At the NLJ, Culture | 1 Comment

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...

Lives Derailed: On the 60th Anniversary of the Kendal Train Crash

by Delmark Thompson | September 1, 2017 | 12 East Street, History | 48 Comments

In 1957, Norman Manley was Chief Minister, Alfred Hitchcock’s new thriller, Vertigo, had recently premiered at the Carib Cinema, and Radio Jamaica and Rediffusion filled the airwaves with programmes such as ‘Talent Parade’ and Alma Mock-Yen’s ‘Tea Time’....

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...

National Library of Jamaica launches new online resource ‘Index to Jamaican Poetry’

by Delmark Thompson | October 13, 2016 | 12 East Street, News | 2 Comments

The National Library of Jamaica launched its newest online resource; Index to Jamaican Poetry on Friday, April 22, 2016. If you are searching for a Jamaican poem but you only know the author, title, or first line, then this Index to Jamaican Poetry will tell you in...

EXHIBITIONS

WindRush

Library & Information Week

Shark Exhibition

EArthQuake Exhibition

Miss Lou

INDEPENDENCE Exhibition

Antartic Exhibition

DIGITAL EXHIBITION

Reggae Icons

Emancipation Exhibition

Organization of American states Exhibition

Christmas Ja

Our New Money! On the Anniversary of Changeover Day