Friday, January 28, 2022

I would love to stand corrected. We left the golliwog concept behind, didn't we!

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Breaking news: I saw Dreams Beyond the Shore come into my inbox about 3 times recently as one of the books recommend for me by Amazon. I ...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Romance and Reality in a Caribbean Young Adult Novel

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  Read this book: Dreams Beyond the Shore   I have not in all honestly seen romance portrayed in Caribbean young adult books. I would th...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Hindsight from 2021: Dispatches from 2016; still relevant: Diane Browne's latest - West Indian children's guides to self acceptance: Sunday Observer, May 15

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 To get myself restarted after this long absence from blogging, writing and even reading, I thought I'd look again at  some old posts fr...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Dispatches from the Book Collector: Batch 2

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  Dispatches from the Book Collector: Book giveaway   Hi Guys, I'm downsizing and have to give away my precious, precious books. I'm...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Dispatches from the book front: Book giveaway 1

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 Hi Guys, I'm downsizing and have to give away my precious, precious books. I'm going to be posting lists on my blog. You can contac...
Monday, May 10, 2021

Breaking Barriers or Just Peeping up Through the Glass Ceiling

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 Of what value is Young Adult literature? Said often by those   who are inclined to dismiss children’s lit as well. It would seem that YA sh...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Bocas Lit Fest and your next YA novel

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 This weekend Bocas Lit Fest is on virtually. Fantastic, eh! I have not been able to get on before, due to my own technological problems, bu...