8 local authors to be celebrated @ book tour on VG tomorrow
The event, according to a press release from Government Information Service (GIS) today, May 17, 2023, is a collaboration with the Department of Culture and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Virgin Islands Study Programme and seeks to promote the work of authors in the Virgin Islands.
Deputy Director of Culture Ms Anne Lennard stated that the department encourages the promotion of events such as these, to advance literary arts in the Virgin Islands.
Ms Lenard said, “The support of local authors has always been a priority for the Department of Culture. We are thrilled that Ms Janice Nibbs has been able to gather the support of her fellow authors to stage such a showcase of eight authors and their literary talent.”
“Congratulations are extended to the authors who will be featured at this event,” Ms Lennard said. She added, “We encourage all schools, educators and the public to come out and support this one-of-a-kind event."
Meet & connect with local authors
Mrs Janice Nibbs-Blyden, one of the main organisers of the book tour, explained that the extravaganza will present the residents of Virgin Gorda with the opportunity to meet and connect with local authors, learn about upcoming projects, and purchase books.
Mrs Nibbs-Blyden said, “The presence of other writers, therefore, makes the entire effort complete. The written word will be highlighted in this celebration."
The eight participating authors are Arona-Fahie Forbes, Dawn U. Corea-Lennard, Sesilee Thomas, Janice George-Harris, Janice Nibbs-Blyden, Andre Dawson aka 'Shadow', Adria Flax, and Bernadine Louis. The authors are also expected to read excerpts of their individual books to those persons in attendance.
The book tour and extravaganza is scheduled to take place at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Campus on Virgin Gorda on May 17, at 10:30 AM. Aspiring writers are invited to attend the session as information including copyrighting will be shared and will be useful to help them to better understand the publication and sales process of their creative work.
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Les Brown, my favorite motivational speaker since the 1980s in his various presentations laments about the many,many untold stories buried in the world's graveyards.
Here's a story yet to be told. A young woman from the island of Virgin Gorda managed to work her way into st.Thoms during her teenage years (16 or thereabout). The now USVI was under the Danish West Indian Company at the time. She was one of 8 brothers and sisters; all by the same parents. This was sometime before America bought St.Thomas, St.John and St.Croix for 25 million in 2017.. Of course life would have been a real challenge during those times of with an economy barely surviving on the use of the land, and seas. Perhaps the real story behind her move was because of hardship in these islands and in support of her siblings. She never once visited or return to Bvi since and never got regularized; but had two sons both served in the US military and upon returning home got government jobs and raised their families. This is but one of many stories waiting to be told; and hopefully the ease of how timely and efficiently producing a book or books can be realized during this highly technical and enlightening time. BviLove