Here are Bookophilia’s choices for the top 10 Caribbean fiction and non fiction books for our reading pleasure… Jamaican women writers Gillian Royes, Kerry Young, Melanie Schwapp, Pamela K. Marshall and Diana McCaulay top the list of bestselling Top 10 Caribbean Fiction Books. Here’s what Bookophilia has to say about

“Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle”, a new film by Pascale Obolo, has been acquired by PBS and will be broadcast to millions of US households during the course of this year. The film is now enjoying exposure in many regional and international festivals. On 20th July 2012, it will

  YardEdge chats with one of the play’s producers about the new play, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Blacke’ which opens this Friday at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI Mona campus. What is the play all about? Samantha Blacke: You’re about to make half a million dollars overnight. What

Check out this new trailer of an upcoming documentary about German heritage and history in Jamaica. “German Town The Lost Story Of Seaford Town Jamaica” is a full length documentary that explores the history of German heritage and history within Westmoreland, Jamaica. Deep within the isolated undeveloped mountains of Westmoreland

We love Sezi! She’s a great entertainer – singer, songwriter and dancer! She’ll be performing this Friday, July 13 at Redbones – don’t miss it! For more info see Sezi Live. For more on Sezi see Sezi elevates Redbones. See also YardEdge interview with Sezi.

    Here’s a list of Jamaica 50 featured books that chronicle the histories of Kingston and Spanish Town and highlight pieces of Jamaica’s rich historical past. These Jamaican books comment on the realities of Jamaican life and form part of the Jamaica 50 book list complied by the JIS.

Last Tuesday, KOTE 2012 featured PIECES OF JAMAICA & TURNING POINT, an exhibition by two Jamaican artists, David Muir and Maxine Gibson at the Bolivar Gallery on Grove Road in Half Way Tree.  David Muir’s “Pieces of Jamaica” collection captures the candid beauty of the Jamaican people and the rich and diverse

Here is one of the KOTE short films, BEYOND – A Fashion Film, that was shown on Monday night, directed by Storm and Nile Saulter for Lubica‘s new 2012 fashion collection. Another of the short films shown on Monday was Astro Saulter introduces his artwork to the world.  

  Kingston on the Edge or KOTE 2012 opened with a bang on Friday night with an eclectic array of music, art, photograpy and bonsai trees! The Redbones Gallery had an exhibition entitled BODY. SOUL. CONSCIOUS. which presented old and new paintings by CHANDIS. On the main stage there were

Here’s the schedule of events for Kingston on the Edge (KOTE) – Urban Arts Festival 2012. Opening night is this Friday, June 22 and the festival runs till June 30.  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS  FRI22 9pm / KOTE2012 IDENTITY: THE OPENED I OPENING NIGHT Redbones – 1 Argyle Road –Redbones Blues