Now in French bookstores: MARINS DÉSARMÉS / Unarmed Mariners

The poems explore #history, #memory, ports, the sea, crossings, childhood, migration, resistance, “redemption” songs - in a bilingual (French-English) collection.

#poetry #writing #Caribbean

A favourite ”local” library - great #books, helpful staff, and the frescoes are a bonus.

#SupportLibrairies

#writing #research #librairians #bibliothèque @ Cité de l’Architecture.

Hope this means #spring!

#flowers

Book cover - “Stories from Yard”

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe

Thank you!

PEN Translates winners announced - News & Events - English PEN

We’re delighted to announce that 18 titles from 14 publishers, 12 languages and 16 regions have won #PENTranslates awards.
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

Excellent advice from Chris Stokes.

#WinterOlympics #bobsleigh #Jamaica

300,000 seedlings to be planted to help with Melissa forestry recovery and long-term resilience The Forestry Department will replant some 300,000 seedlings between January and June 2026, under phase one of its new RE-LEAF initiative (Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework)...

300,000 seedlings to be planted to help with Melissa forestry recovery and long-term resilience
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...

NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE - THIRD WORLD YouTube video by TIMMOFUNK

RIP Stephen “Cat” Coore, co-founder of Third World, one of the world’s greatest #reggae bands.

Thank you for the music, which spanned different genres.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeY...

Lecture theatre dedicated to Linton Kwesi Johnson Goldsmiths has honoured one of its most prominent graduates by dedicating a lecture theatre to poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ).

“Goldsmiths has honoured one of its most prominent graduates by dedicating a lecture theatre to poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ).”

#poetry #Caribbean #Britain #Jamaica #writing #arts

www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/li...

BOOKS: A PEEP INTO CLAUDE MCKAY’S ‘LETTERS IN EXILE' Nomadic Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay probably never dreamed that 21 st -century readers would be delving into his private correspon...

The private correspondence of #Jamaican-born #writer Claude McKay (key Harlem Renaissance figure) was recently published by Yale University Press.

Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.

southernworldartsnews.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...

Also @ipsnews.net

Exactly!

New from @dukepress.bsky.social :

P FKN R
How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance

By Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau

“…offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny…” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
#Caribe

The #dahlias are here.

#flowers #gardens #gardeners #parks #Paris #blooms #autumn

Book cover - “Stories from Yard”

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe

#Trees

Book cover - “quiet dawn”.

To read~

QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois

“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social

Sharing:

April 29 to May 6 ~

The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.

Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...

Cherry blossoms.

#Trees. #Blooms.

“James Baldwin” (vers 1945-1950) by Beauford Delaney - one of the paintings in “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”.

The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social

Rejoignez-nous du 3 au 7 avril pour découvrir l'œuvre de la cinéaste Sarah Maldoror ! 🎥
À l'occasion de l' #ExpoParisNoir, le Centre Pompidou rend hommage à cette cinéaste unique dont le travail documente et questionne plus que jamais le présent.
Tout le programme ici 👉 bit.ly/CP_CycleSarahMaldoror

Painting by artist Wilfredo Lam

“Umbral” (1950), by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, is among the works by #Caribbean #artists in the exceptional exhibition “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”. Featuring 150 Black artists in French #art #history.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.

April 10 & 11, seminar, Poitiers, France:

L’humour et le rire dans la littérature et les arts de la #Caraïbe

Humor and Laughter in #Caribbean #Literature and #Arts

caracol.hypotheses.org

Cherry blossoms.

Flowers and the city.

Flowers.

#IWD

Exhibition “Music + Life” runs until May 18 @ the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - 1st retrospective of artist Dennis Morris in France.

Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.

The Caribbean Capital That’s a Creative Superpower (Gift Article) From beachfront cookshops to tranquil mountain hideaways, a guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders.

Kingston is my birthplace and my happy place. Nice to see it getting some love in T magazine with some f my faves highlighted within. The Caribbean Capital That’s a Creative Superpower—
A guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/t...

Crotons in a variety of colours.

Yes, Paris has a Poets’ Garden…

#poetry #writing

Roberta Flack - First Take

Afternoon listening. RIP Roberta