JamaicaPressRelease.com » Books http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com Jamaica’s Window to News Directly from the Source Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:42:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 From Poetry to Prose: The ‘Musings’ of a Jamaican Poet http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/03/16/from-poetry-to-prose-the-%e2%80%98musings%e2%80%99-of-a-jamaican-poet/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/03/16/from-poetry-to-prose-the-%e2%80%98musings%e2%80%99-of-a-jamaican-poet/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:20:28 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=669 Jamaican poet Gina Rey Forest has stepped outside her usual genre, to give us her latest work, “Musings: A Peek into the Mind of the Poet”. Forest’s fourth publication, “Musings” is not the anthology of poetry one has come to expect from the prolific writer. Rather, it contains twenty-five chapters of thoughtful prose, http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/03/16/from-poetry-to-prose-the-%e2%80%98musings%e2%80%99-of-a-jamaican-poet/]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/03/16/from-poetry-to-prose-the-%e2%80%98musings%e2%80%99-of-a-jamaican-poet/feed/ 0 The Consulate General of Jamaica and The Harlem Book Fair present Nyam Jamaica http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/02/09/the-consulate-general-of-jamaica-and-the-harlem-book-fair-present-nyam-jamaica/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/02/09/the-consulate-general-of-jamaica-and-the-harlem-book-fair-present-nyam-jamaica/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:38:07 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=599 A tour of Jamaica’s history and cuisine

New York, NY (February 6, 2009)—The Consulate General of Jamaica, New York will showcase another book in the “Arts & Literary Salon” series highlighting works by Jamaican authors & visual artists. The Salon will feature its first cookbook.

Nyam Jamaica is a photographic wondrous experience http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/02/09/the-consulate-general-of-jamaica-and-the-harlem-book-fair-present-nyam-jamaica/]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/02/09/the-consulate-general-of-jamaica-and-the-harlem-book-fair-present-nyam-jamaica/feed/ 0 Manchester Promise Fulfilled – Whit Stennett http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/24/manchester-promise-fulfilled-%e2%80%93-whit-stennett/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/24/manchester-promise-fulfilled-%e2%80%93-whit-stennett/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:09:07 +0000 JamaicaNational http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=162 Frustrated with life in colonial Jamaica, he took up an offer for a trial to play county cricket with Northampton. Arriving in Manchester in 1959, he instead chose a career that leads him to become the first black mayor of Trafford and an audience with the Queen.

http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/24/manchester-promise-fulfilled-%e2%80%93-whit-stennett/feed/ 0 BOOK LAUNCH OF YVONNE COKE’S PERSPECTIVES FROM THE JAMAICAN MAP http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/16/book-launch-of-yvonne-coke%e2%80%99s-perspectives-from-the-jamaican-map/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/16/book-launch-of-yvonne-coke%e2%80%99s-perspectives-from-the-jamaican-map/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:36:37 +0000 Nicole West-Hayles http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=149 Write Visions Limited in association with Hands Across Jamaica For Righteousness (HANDS) launches Yvonne Coke’s second book entitled, Perspectives From The Jamaica MAP. This event will be held at the Pantry Garden, 4 Dumfries Road, Kingston 5 beginning at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. The guest speaker will be http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/16/book-launch-of-yvonne-coke%e2%80%99s-perspectives-from-the-jamaican-map/]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2008/06/16/book-launch-of-yvonne-coke%e2%80%99s-perspectives-from-the-jamaican-map/feed/ 0