Caribbean Book Festival at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn NY

36 Writers.   18 Countries.  WORD! Sunday, June 8, 2014 Medgar Evers College 1650 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY Roundtables 2:00 Space on the Shelf - Creativity and commerce as it relates to Caribbean writers and the Publishing Industry Avril Ashton - Secret Cravings Publishing Ashton Franklin - Franklin & Franklin Publishing Johanna Ingalls - Akashic Books Moderator: Ron Kavanaugh, publisher, Mosaic Literary Magazine 3:00 Verse in Print - Where the poem will live, in traditional publishing or in digital media. Jason Price (Belize), leaves of love Monique Simon (Antigua & Barbuda), T.H.E. Carib Kindling: Fire Lights! Mervyn Taylor (Trinidad & Tobago), The Waving Gallery Moderator: Anthony 'Wendell' DeRiggs, author, Reflections and Ole Talk   4:00 Speaking in Tongues - Translation in formal and informal language  Adam Mansbach (USA), Go de Rass to Sleep Kellie Magnus (Jamaica), Go de Rass to Sleep Anthony Polanco (Panama) Yolaine St. Fort (Haiti), For the Crown of Their Heads Moderator: Dhanpaul Narine, president, Shri Trimurti Bhavan Young Readers 2:00 (Under 8yrs.): Culture Making - Literature That Defines Us  Kellie Magnus (Jamaica), Little Lion Goes for Gold Carol Ottley-Mitchell (St. Kitts - Nevis), Chee Chee in Paradise Ibi Zoboi (Haiti), A is for Ayiti Moderator: Karlene Largie, Union of Jamaica Alumni Associations 3:00   Seeing Self - Illustrators as storytellers Ricardo Cortes (Mexico) Laura James (Jamaica), Anna Carries Water Joseph Zoboi (Trinidad & Tobago) Moderator: Ingrid Charles, Aruban Antillean Association 4:00 Coming of Age - Journeys into the Unknown Chen Chin (Jamaica), The Adventures of Flat Head CJ Farley (Jamaica), Game World Joanne Skerrett (Dominica), Abraham's Treasure Clyde Viechweg (Grenada), Caribbean Twilight: Tales of the Supernatural   Moderator: Beverly Benjamin-George, Friends of the Antigua Public LIbrary     5:00   New Voices - Open Mic A stage, a microphone, a poem; a world of possibilities Moderator: Rose October Edun, Guyana Cultural Association Adult Readers 3:00 Lest We Forget - When that's all you have memory, memorial and memoir Lloyd Crooks (Trinidad & Tobago), Ice and Eyes in the Sun Hubert Guscott (Jamaica), Mystical Speed D C Campbell (Grenada), Blood of Belvidere Carole Boyce Davies, author, Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zone - Moderator 4:00 (Re)defining Home - Caribbean-American writers on place and voice Jennifer Davis Carey (US/Barbados), Near The Hope Nyasha Laing (US/Belize), The Year of Buriels Idrissa Simmonds (Canada/Haiti/Jamaica), Heirloom  5:00   Words and Colours - The happy pairing of visual artists who write. Anna Ruth Henriques (Jamaica), The Book of Mechtilde Deborah Jack (St. Marteen/St. Martin) Iyaba Mandingo (Antigua & Barbuda), Sins of My Fathers Michèle Voltaire Marcellin (Haiti), Lost and Found   6:00  Wordsmiths - New Voices.  New Tales. Annette Vendryes Leach (Panama), Song of the Shaman Petra Lewis (Trinidad & Tobago), The Sons and Daughters of Ham Katia Ulysse (Haiti), Drifting    7:00 Get Up! Stand Up! - Texts of Empowerment II Adissa AJA Andwele (Barbados), Just Words Arielle John (Trinidad & Tobago), Sea, Land and Mountains Michèle Voltaire Marcellin (Haiti), Lost and Found Hermina Marcellin (St. Lucia) David Mills (US/Jamaica), Sudden Country Ras Osagyefo (Jamaica), Psalms of Osagyefo Maria Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Brooklyn's Daughter Ras Yah Yah (St. Lucia) EMAIL:  info@caribbeantheatre.org INFO:  718-783-8345 / 718-270-6917 / 718-270-6218 FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1ttle87 TICKETS: http://bit.ly/1nkS8qj DONATION: $10 - adults.  $5.00 - children SUBWAY: Franklin Avenue Station - 2, 3, 4; S BUS:  B49 - Bedford Ave/Rogers Ave and Crown St; B44 - Nostrand Ave & Carroll St; B43 - Empire Blvd & Bedford Ave Presenting Partners    Programming Partners Akashic Books Anansesem, Caribbean children's literature ezine Franklin & Franklin Publishers Friends of the Antigua Public Library Guyana Cultural Association Mosaic Literary Magazine St. Martin/Sint Maarten Friendship Association Union of Jamaica Alumni Associations   Patrons Caribbean Community Corps of Consuls General