LONDON, UK– Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan li has launched a new publication providing a holistic overview of the causes and challenges surrounding food security in the Caribbean and the wider global community.

For many years, The Gleaner Company was the place to go if Jamaicans wanted to pursue a career in journalism. That is where Howard McGowan went in 1974, and stayed for 23 years.

 Toronto, ON  – In many countries like the UK, US, and Canada, Caribbean immigrants account for a large subset of the population, yet finding narratives, especially children's stories, that shine a light on their experiences can be challenging. 

New York, New York - “I survived 9/11 not once, but twice. The first time by being fired from my job. The second time by recovering after getting sick at the site of that job.”

RHODE ISLANDS – Jamaica-born writer Colin Channer has been named the seventh poet laureate for the state of Rhode Island

HAVANA, Cuba - Seven years after the death of Fidel Castro, a new book – ‘I am Fidel’, paying homage to the revolutionary leader has launched in Cuba.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Cropper Foundation is urging Caribbean writers to be part of the region’s first climate justice-themed literary anthology, titled “Writing for our lives”.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - The Public Prosecution Service (OM) says no order has been given to track down the buyers of a book written by a Dutch author and entrepreneur alleging corruption at the highest level in Suriname.

TITLE: Sufferah: The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-head

Challenged Sovereignty will certainly force the average reader to look at the Caribbean through a different lens. The typical visitor to the region views this part of the world through stereotypical rose-tinted glasses seeing only sand, sea, and sun. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith gives us another perspective, the one hidden from view behind the walls of the sprawling all-inclusive resorts that dot the islands.

The youngest of her Jamaican parents’ three children, Maxine Moncrieffe was their only child born in the United States. But although she was raised in Brooklyn, New York, the culture of their homeland always fascinated her.

From food connoisseur to US Army war veteran to teacher, Winsome Bingham has shaped her voice and experiences into storytelling inspiring the next generation. Now an acclaimed children’s book writer, Bingham’s picture books celebrate the spirit of family and community.