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Talking Trees 2012 panelist – Sharon Martini

Sharon Martini is publisher, author and illustrator of “Dotty Beetle Books – Little Picture Books Big In Joy And Colorful Characters! For all of humanity’s children.” She says that her aim with Dotty Beetle Books is to write and illustrate … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 panel moderator – Suzanne Francis-Brown

Suzanne Francis-Brown is a historian and communications professional. Her PhD in History from the University of the West Indies, Mona built on a MA Heritage Studies from the same institution, where she has also worked on heritage-related projects. A past … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 reader – Roland Watson-Grant

The characters in Roland Watson-Grant’s short fiction pieces got a lot more room late last year when they ran out onto the world stage. In October 2011, the advertising and radio voiceover veteran’s story, Sketcher, was short-listed among Lightship International … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 reader – Melanie Schwapp

Melanie Schwapp was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She was educated at the University of South Carolina where she majored in Mass Communications. She lives in Kingston, Jamaica with her husband and three children. She considers writing her second nature, the … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 reader – Easton Lee

Easton Lee is a well known playwright and poet whose work has been published in Jamaica since the 1960s. His play, The Rope and the Cross, is still staged in Churches during the Easter season. Lee was born in Wait-a-bit, … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 panelist – Diane Browne

Diane Browne specializes in writing for children who are at the primary age levels. Her work was published in the Cricket World Cup 2007 children’s book series Get Caught. Browne’s most recent publication, Island Princess in Brooklyn, is for the … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 reader – Christine Craig

Christine Craig is a well known Jamaican short story writer and poet who also writes children’s fiction. She has written several non fiction publications and training manuals on feminist and health issues. Her short stories and poems have been published … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 folklorist – Fern Verona Falconer Luecke

  Fern Luecke was born the 11th child into a family of 12 to Cornelius and Margaret Falconer in the tiny rural district of Queensbury, nestled in the breathtaking hills of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.  She attended Holmwood Technical High School … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 playwright – Aston Cooke

 Jamaican playwright and theatre practitioner, Aston Cooke, is an award-winning theatre practitioner and television scriptwriter who has written many of the memorable productions in recent years.   He will be presenting the first public reading of his production, Jonkanoo … Continue reading

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Talking Trees 2012 reader – Malachi Smith

Malachi Smith is Jamaican writer and is a fellow of the University of Miami’s Mitchner Caribbean Writer’s Institute where he studied poetry under Lorna Goodison and playwriting under Fred D’Aguilar. One of the readers at the first Talking Trees in … Continue reading

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