Apr 11, 2022 | 12 East Street
On Monday, March 21, 2022, the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) hosted their annual “World Poetry Day Jamaica” celebration at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. The event saw the announcement of the 2022 cycle of the Jamaica Poet Laureate Prizes for Poetry (National Poetry...
Oct 3, 2017 | 12 East Street, Literature and Poetry, Poet Laureate News
From Jamaica to Johannesburg: Lorna Goodison speaks at African Women Writers Symposium 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...
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...
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...
