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Elizabeth Jones Shortlisted For CODE Burt Award
CODE and NGC Bocas Lit Fest have announced the finalists for the fifth annual CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, with Bermuda’s Elizabeth Jones among the three. This year’s finalists were selected from over 30 submissions of both published books and unpublished manuscripts from around the region. Finalists Imam Baksh, Elizabeth... Read more of this article
Agathe Holowatinc To Release “Fuelled” Book
Agathe Regina Holowatinc, author of Fuelled: Transform Your Body | Unleash Your Energy | Supercharge Your Life, will be launching her book today [March 20] at an event to be held at the Bermuda National Library. A spokesperson said, “Fuelled is the ultimate guide to transforming your body, enhancing your energy and supercharging your life. If... Read more of this article
New Book And Lecture On Bermuda Forts
As a part of the BUEI Lecture Series and in concert with the National Museum of Bermuda, a new book on the Defense of Bermuda will be launched at a signing on Thursday, March 22nd. That will be followed by a lecture at BUEI on the defenses of the western North Atlantic in the Second World War by Terry McGovern, a fortifications expert from the United... Read more of this article
National Museum Launches New Publication
The National Museum of Bermuda recently launched the latest installment of its popular Heritage Matters series, by Dr. Edward Harris, former Executive Director of the Museum. “This is the sixth compilation of Dr. Harris’s Heritage Matters columns to be published by the National Museum of Bermuda Press and there are still four more volumes to... Read more of this article
Photos: Literacy Week At Bermuda High School
BHS celebrated Literacy Week with a variety of school-wide events including World Book Day on Thursday, March 1, when staff and students came to school dressed as their favourite book characters. From the littlest Harry Potters, to grown up Hogwarts Professors, beloved Dr. Seuss characters, fairy tale standards, modern characters such as Katniss Everdeen,... Read more of this article
‘Kite Master’ Releases The Art Of Kite Making
Eugene ‘Kite Master’ O’Connor Sr. has released his first book, with The Art of Kite Making available now in local stores. To celebrate its release, book signings will take place at the Book Mart in Brown & Co. on Saturday, March 3; Saturday, March 10; Monday, March 19; Wednesday, March 21; and Friday, March 24 from 12.00pm to 3.00pm. A... Read more of this article
Princess Donates 45 Books To Clearwater School
Hamilton Princess & Beach Club has donated 45 books to Clearwater Middle School to support World Book Day. A spokesperson said, “Members of the staff of the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club visited Clearwater Middle School for an early celebration of World Book Day, to be held on March 1.” “The team, dressed up as recognisable... Read more of this article
“10 Years A Museum: Imagine” Book Signings
Three books signings will take place this Friday, March 2, during the opening of the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art show, “10 Years a Museum: Imagine”. The books and the authors they will feature include “Bermuda Blessings” by Pamela Barit Nolan and illustrated by April Dawn Branco, “Shark Bait” by Seán O’Connell, and the launch of... Read more of this article
World Book Day To Be Marked On March 1
Nikita Robinson of The Ladies Room on Hott1075 is inviting the public to read at a nursery, preschool or to a primary 1 class to help celebrate World Book Day 2018. 1,467 books will be delivered to preschools and nursery schools throughout the island in celebration of World Book Day. In addition, a few primary, middle and high school libraries, will... Read more of this article
Girlcott Available In All Public School Libraries
The book Girlcott, which offers a take on the Theatre Boycott in Bermuda, is now available in all public school libraries. A spokesperson said, “There is a poster at the Ministry of Education office showing a student from Southampton Glebe School, now Dalton E. Tucker Primary school, reading a book. The picture says ‘I learn so much every... Read more of this article
Peer-to-Peer Lending & Equity Crowdfunding
A Bermudian expert on information technology, asset and risk management tools is today celebrating the global launch of her book on peer-to-peer lending and the securities crowd funding industry. “The book, entitled ‘Peer-to-Peer Lending and Equity Crowdfunding: A Guide to the New Capital Markets for Job Creators, Investors and Entrepreneurs,’... Read more of this article
Library Receives Donation From Frith Family
Yesterday, friends and family of the late Jeremy Frith donated two copies of his book “Oh Gawd, I vish dis ig’rance vud stop! the uniquely Bermudian poetry of Jeremy Frith” and a copy of the CD version to the Bermuda National Library [BNL] for their Bermudiana Collection. The donation occurred in advance of a special Bermuda Festival performance... Read more of this article
Diamond Trap, Twins To One, Miss Underwood
Author Audrey McLean will host a book signing for three books “The Diamond Trap”, “Twins To One”, and “Miss Underwood” on Friday, January 26 and Saturday, January 27 from 12.00pm to 3.00pm at the Bookmart at Brown and Co. The Diamond Trap book is described as an “entertaining, but conscious account of my personal life, classified... Read more of this article
Dr Edward Harris’ Book Published In Korean
Dr. Edward Harris’s book ”Principles of Archaeological Stratigraphy” has now been published in Korean, joining a host of other languages that the book is already available in. Originally appearing in 1979, with a second edition in 1989, the book is now available in Czech, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Slovene and Spanish,... Read more of this article
Bob Richards: “Bermuda Back From The Brink”
Former Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Bob Richards is getting set to release his new book, called “Bermuda Back from the Brink”, with the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] getting set to host a lecture and book signing with Mr Richards this Friday. The event poster says, “How did a six quarter recession in the US turn into... Read more of this article
Local Author Book Sale & Writers Workshop
A Local Author Book Sale and Writers Workshop will be held tomorrow [Dec 9] from 10.00am to 3.00pm at Kingdom Dynamics Bookstore, First Church of God, North Shore. The event will feature new authors Linda Zetamae Burrow, Dr. Blanche Burchall, and Dr. Deborah Evans. Bookstore Marketing Manager Chantel Simons Smith said, “We are hosting a Local Author... Read more of this article
