Word, Sound, Power: World Read Aloud Day and Caribbean Storytelling
In the Caribbean, storytelling is part of who we are. It’s the way our histories, wisdom, and humour have been passed down through generations. From moonlit Anansi stories to fireside folktales, storytelling has shaped the way we see ourselves and our world. Recently, through two of our dynamic Jamaican authors...
Read moreJamaican Janet Morrison On Stellar Line Up of Caribbean Writers at Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY – Award-winning Jamaican writer, Janet Morrison, will add her dramatic, vibrant collection A Different Me A Better You to First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum. The event, An Evening of Poetry and Storytelling, takes place Saturday, August 3, 2024. Morrison joins an amazing slate of poets and...
Read moreBrooklyn Book Fest Here We come!
Three of our authors, A-dZiko Simba Gegele (All Over Again), Tamika Gibson (Dreams Beyond the Shore) and Florenz Webbe Maxwell (Girlcott), are packing up and heading for the Brooklyn Book Festival 2017 where they will be bringing the literary heat! Blue Banyan Books, via ReadJamaica, is collaborating with The...
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