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Book Review • Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Rifka BruntBook Review • Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Rifka Brunt

Book Review • Tell the Wolves I’m Home – Carol Rifka Brunt

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ccasionally when people enter the bookYard I ask them about what journey they are on, about themselves and their book… Read More

7 years ago
I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormickI Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick

I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ctober 11 is designated by the United Nations as the International Day of the Girl. Emma Watson, UN Goodwill Ambassador… Read More

7 years ago
Lapses And Infelicities – A Review by McDonald DixonLapses And Infelicities – A Review by McDonald Dixon

Lapses And Infelicities – A Review by McDonald Dixon

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ick Wayne’s eclectic prose meanders throughout 600 pages of this book, reminiscent of the old road from Castries to Vieux… Read More

7 years ago
The Day the Crayons Came HomeThe Day the Crayons Came Home

The Day the Crayons Came Home

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very kid loves to colour so you can just imagine how perturbed child would be if one day his… Read More

7 years ago
Book review • Book review ~ The Tail of Emily Windsnap – Liz KesslerBook review • Book review ~ The Tail of Emily Windsnap – Liz Kessler

Book review • Book review ~ The Tail of Emily Windsnap – Liz Kessler

Children’s stories are magical; they have the ability to capture young mind and transport it to a world that… Read More

7 years ago
Book Review • Book Review ~ Enticing Short Stories by Gyanchand Rayman – An anthology of Caribbean short storiesBook Review • Book Review ~ Enticing Short Stories by Gyanchand Rayman – An anthology of Caribbean short stories

Book Review • Book Review ~ Enticing Short Stories by Gyanchand Rayman – An anthology of Caribbean short stories

Gyanchand Rayman was born in Guyana, has lived in many Caribbean islands and currently resides in Saint Lucia. According to… Read More

7 years ago
Book Launch at The bookYardBook Launch at The bookYard

Book Launch at The bookYard

On Friday 24th June The bookYard at Star Publishing was the venue for another book launch: Against The Odds -… Read More

7 years ago
Book Review • Book Review ~ The Paper Magician – Charlie N. HolmbergBook Review • Book Review ~ The Paper Magician – Charlie N. Holmberg

Book Review • Book Review ~ The Paper Magician – Charlie N. Holmberg

Charlie N. Holmberg’s The Paper Magician is the perfect summer read. Set in the late 1800s in England, the story… Read More

7 years ago
Book review • Book review ~ Absolutely True Lies by Rachel StuhlerBook review • Book review ~ Absolutely True Lies by Rachel Stuhler

Book review • Book review ~ Absolutely True Lies by Rachel Stuhler

After guiltily judging the book by its cover and hesitating to read it, I finally learnt that Absolutely True Lies… Read More

7 years ago
Book review • Book review ~ The Book Thief – Markus ZusakBook review • Book review ~ The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

Book review • Book review ~ The Book Thief – Markus Zusak

I picked up this book knowing nothing except that I had heard only formidable remarks about it. Therefore, I was… Read More

7 years ago
Book review • Book review ~ The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk KiddBook review • Book review ~ The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd

Book review • Book review ~ The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd

Sarah and Angelina Grimke were the first white and female abolitionists from their homeland in Charleston, South Carolina. According to… Read More

7 years ago
Honouring Virginia Alexander, 4 Decades of DanceHonouring Virginia Alexander, 4 Decades of Dance

Honouring Virginia Alexander, 4 Decades of Dance

On Sunday 1st May, many people who appreciate art and culture gathered at the National Cultural Centre. There, the Cultural… Read More

7 years ago
The Fault in Our StarsThe Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her… Read More

7 years ago
Paper TownsPaper Towns

Paper Towns

When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like ninja and plotting an ingenious… Read More

7 years ago

Supernatural Hero

Andy is the nerd everyone makes fun of. He's really skinny, wears glasses and talks to himself, but he falls… Read More

7 years ago

Book review • Book review ~ Book Of A Lifetime: A Bend in The River, By V. S. Naipaul

A Bend in the River’ was published when Naipaul was nearly 50. One of the greatest novels about the process… Read More

7 years ago

’Til the Well Runs Dry

The New York Times Sunday Book Review Shortlist Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2015 Honor Book in Fiction… Read More

7 years ago

Dog-Heart

Told in two voices, educated Jamaican English and the nation-language of the people, this dramatic novel tells the story of… Read More

7 years ago

Huracan

In the wake of her mother's death, Leigh McCaulay returns to Jamaica after fifteen years away in New York to… Read More

7 years ago