W hen Trees Fall, the first book in the Wood and Water Saga, by Dale Mahfood, is a stimulating coming-of-age story set in Jamaica in the mid-1900s. It tells the tale of three families who are different in so many ways, but who are bound by one.
Book lovers and bibliophiles converge in Miami for the 40th annual Miami Book Fair taking place November 12-19 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College. The eight-day festival features over 400 authors from around the world participating in.
Next Friday evening, September 22, a Jamaican book bashment of sorts will unfold in New York City. Under the umbrella of the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies, seven Jamaican writers will converge in Manhattan to share.