A plagiarism in plaid

- Farewell, Ousmane Sembene!

- Hello, Grandpa Sydney!

- Daily Telegraph, if you’re going to steal information from bloggers (and commenters), the least you can do is give a credit in return. And come up with less lame defenses than this.

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Bloggers on the “terror plot”: Over at Global Voices, Nikipedia has posted an article rounding up the reactions from the Trinidadian and Guyanese blogospheres to this weekend’s announcement of a “terror plot” against New York’s JFK International airport allegedly masterminded by three Guyanese and a Trini.

Meanwhile, over at Antilles. . . : Maybe I should have called this the “Nikipedia’s roundups edition” instead. Over at Antilles, the tireless young scribe has posted a roundup of the latest coverage on the Calabash Literary Festival, along with my contribution to his “bedside books” series, prefaced by the following barb: “Georgia Popplewell of Caribbean Free Radio hasn’t written for the CRB in ages, but perhaps her contributing this list–of books she’s taken on her nearly-three-week sojourn in Tobago–is a sign that she’ll soon reappear in our pages.”

We’ll see about that.

Those who check in on my Flickr page would have noticed (some of with great relief, I’m sure) that I’d sort of burned out on the bird photography. Thing is, there are just so many ways to shoot a Blue Gray Tanager.

Here in Tobago, however, I’ve become obsessed with the several varieties of hummingbird that frequent my uncle’s bird feeder. Capturing good photos of these hyperactive creatures poses an entirely new set of challenges, some of which — patience? — I’m pleasantly surprised at my willingness to embrace. I’ve also noticed that they have really short legs.

I have to agree with Nicholas, who writes, over at Antilles, that one of the greatest pleasures of the Calabash Literary Festival last weekend was meeting writers whose works one has read and enjoyed, like Marlon James (who’s also a prolific blogger), Kei Miller and the indefatigable Marie-Elena John, who attended Calabash as part of a group from Antigua looking for ideas for a similar event in their country.

Marie-Elena will be touring the US this month with her novel Unburnable. Here’s the schedule:

In and around Washington, DC

www.marie-elenajohn.com

He’s probably never going to mention this himself, but I have no such qualms. Nikipedia has had two poems published in the March/April 2007 issue of the Boston Review, and they’re now available online. Enjoy “A Name for This Bird” and “Dreams Like a Bird”.

Now I know how Tobago residents feel when they read about all the exciting happenings in the sister metropolis (ie Trinidad).

As part of the lead up to World Environment Day on June 5, Red Earth, a non-profit founded by “a group of environmentally motivated artists and professionals, to raise eco-consciousness through the arts” is hosting the Red Earth Eco-Arts Festival in Tucker Valley, Chaguaramas.

The festivities started yesterday, and since the Red Earth flyer describes it better than I ever can, I’ll simply cut and paste:

Most of you will probably never have cause ever to drive in Scarborough, Tobago’s capital. Be thankful.