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
Tuesday, June 5, 2007, 7-9 pm
National Museum of Women in the Arts*
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000
*An Evening with Caribbean Women Writers
Presented by NMWA and Institute for Caribbean Studies
Other authors include Merle Collins, Donna Hemans and Rosalind McLymont
Thursday, June 7, 6:30 p.m.
Karibu Books,
Pentagon City Mall, 3rd Level
Arlington, VA
(703) 415-1118
In and around New York
Saturday, June 9, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Hue-Man Bookstore*
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd (betw 124 & 125th Sts.)
New York, NY 10027
(212) 665-7400
*A Book Club mixer featuring Unburnable.
Sunday June 10th, 2:30 - 4:00pm
International Festival of Arts and Ideas
New International Literary Voices Panel
The Literary Tent,
The Upper Green, near intersection of Chapel and College Sts.
New Haven, Ct
www.artidea.org
Tuesday June 12th, 11:00am – 6:00pm
Caribbean Fair (Antigua booth)
South Street Seaport
Lower Manhattan
www.caribbeanweekny.com/fair.html
Thursday, June 14, 2007, 6:30 PM
Caribbean Cultural Center*
408 West 58th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-307-7420
*Presented by Caribbean International Literary Festival and Friends
*Other authors include Elizabeth Nunez (moderator), Glenville Lovell, and Rosalind McLymont
www.marie-elenajohn.com
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