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Talking Trees 2012 – Shane Drummers

Photo: www.treasurebeach.net/ The Shane Drummers, twin brothers – Oshane and Roshane – from Treasure Beach, who have been honing their drumming skills from “dem eye deh ah dem knee”.

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Talking Trees panelist – Ian Randle

Ian Randle is the founder and chairman of Ian Randle Publishers Ltd. He is a veteran of 40 years in the publishing industry with wide and varied experience and knowledge of both the British and US book industries. He will … Continue reading

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Talking Trees Literary Fiesta – Children’s programme

Children’s programme (draft) 9:30 a.m. Registration (on-going throughout the day) 10:00 a.m. Activities for different age groups (story telling, poetry, talent show, Bread Basket Quiz, board games, art and craft) 11:30 a.m. Break 12 noon. Activities continued 1 p.m. Lunch … Continue reading

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Talking Trees reader – Veronica Carnegie

Veronica Blake Carnegie is a Jamaican fiction writer whose work has appeared in the literary pages of the Sunday Gleaner; and the Sunday Observer’s literary magazine, The Arts.  She has independently published two books of her short stories: Leaving Home … Continue reading

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Talking Trees reader – Pamela Marshall

Pamela K Marshall grew up in Jamaica and went on to spend her young adult years in Brooklyn New York – which she says was like living in Jamaica, only colder in the winter. She is a past student of … Continue reading

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Talking Trees reader – Robert Lalah

  Robert Lalah is a journalist and writer from St Catherine who graduated from St Jago High School. He read for a degree in Literatures in English at The University of the West Indies. He is  Arts and Education Editor of … Continue reading

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Talking Trees reader – Nova Gordon-Bell

Nova Gordon-Bell is a Jamaican writer and university lecturer in Communication Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Technology, Jamaica.  A graduate of The University of the West Indies, Mona, she is a three-time gold medalist in the Jamaica Cultural … Continue reading

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Treasure Beach Bread Basket Festival

The community spirit is alive and well in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, with members coming together to stage the Treasure Beach Bread Basket Festival, May 27, 28 and 29, 2011, offering a smorgasbord of cultural, culinary, musical, literary and visual art … Continue reading

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Talking Trees reader – Tomlin Ellis

Tomlin G. Ellis is a Jamaican poet born in St. Catherine and educated at Dinthill Technical High School; the Jamaica School of Drama (now part of the Edna Manley College); RNTC Holland; National Academy Foundation of Science and Arts for … Continue reading

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Talking Trees panel moderator- Joy Simons Brown

        Joy Simons Brown is a musician, choral director and certified arranging specialist who has published books in her two fields of expertise, music and the tutoring of mathematics. She has also written a book of poetry. … Continue reading

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