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Video: Dylan Hollis Makes Vintage Pies
Penguin Random House recently released a video featuring Bermudian Dylan Hollis – who has millions of followers on TikTok – making two pies from his new cookbook Baking Yesteryear. The video’s description says, “B. Dylan Hollis stopped by the studio to make two pies: a Rock Arbour Pie from a 1939 recipe, and a Mock Apple Pie from his new cookbook... Read more of this article
Miller’s Poems Published In The Punch Magazine
Bermudian poet Nancy Anne Miller has had six poems published in The Punch Magazine – an international digital magazine of arts, literature and culture based in India. Ms Miller has published ten collections of poetry, many of which are about Bermuda. The Punch article reads: “We feature six of [Ms Miller’s] poems here. While ‘Missing Hurricanes’... Read more of this article
Mary Prince Award Launched In The UK
The United Kingdom’s Black Writers’ Guild has launched Mary Prince Memorial Award, which is being offered to “a writer of African or African Caribbean heritage living in Britain and in need of financial support to finish a literary work of any genre.” The award registration form says, “This is a grant for a writer of African... Read more of this article
NMB: “John Lyman’s The Old Bermudas” Book
On Tuesday [May 30], the National Museum of Bermuda Press launched its newest book, John Lyman’s The Old Bermudas: A Study of Bermuda’s Vernacular Architecture to a gathering of Museum friends and contributors. A spokesperson said, “Edited by Linda Abend, Edward Harris and Duncan McDowell, the book tells how, in the early 1900s, Canadian... Read more of this article
Dr Ewart Brown Holds Book Signings In Jamaica
Dr. Ewart Brown’s book signings this past weekend in Kingston and Ocho Rios, Jamaica, were “enormously successful,” a spokesperson said. A spokesperson said, “DOn May 26th, at the AC Marriott Hotel, Kingston, the Former Premier of Bermuda discussed excerpts from his bestselling autobiography “Whom Shall I Fear? Pushing... Read more of this article
Review: Travels With Terry Lister Books
[Written by Dale Butler] Terry Lister has broken the norm of safety and price; usually the tour criteria to see foreign countries is from a bus window, making specific stops with the aid of a tour guide. Such tours, to be honest, are my favourite, but he has broken that pattern using his own research via the internet and reading blogs that transported... Read more of this article
Dr Brown To Host Book Signings In Jamaica
Former Premier Dr. Ewart Brown will return to Jamaica for two special book signings later this month. A spokesperson said, “Following the successful debut of his long-awaited autobiography “Whom Shall I Fear? Pushing the Politics of Change,” former Premier of Bermuda, Dr. the Hon. Ewart Brown, is delighted to return to Jamaica for... Read more of this article
‘Murder In Bermuda’ Available On Audible
James Patterson’s novel Murder in Bermuda – a crime thriller set on the island – is now available on Audible. The Audible website said, “Brilliant, silver-tongued Beth Heller [Mary-Louise Parker] is a lawyer with one client: her family’s criminal empire. “When Beth moves to the beautiful island of Bermuda to set up a... Read more of this article
Photos, Video & 360: Children’s Reading Festival
[Updated with photos and 360°] The Children’s Reading Festival Royal Edition event is being held today [May 8], and we will have additional coverage later on and in the meantime the live video is below. A spokesperson previously said, “The Bermuda Alumnae Chapter [BAC] of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, with the Government of Bermuda,... Read more of this article
Somerset Primary Students Read 3,000 Books
Somerset Primary School students recently celebrated achieving their target of reading 3,000 books with a fun-themed Literacy Day. The event started with an assembly, with each class presenting their favourite author before the older students were paired with younger students as part of a “buddy read”. Students spent the rest of the day travelling... Read more of this article
Butterfield Releases Earth Day Expressions
Neletha Butterfield has released a new book, Earth Day Expressions From The Soul, which gives us a peek into the minds of young people and their relationship to the Earth. A spokesperson said, “The year is 2007. It is Earth Day. Over 250 primary school students decide to write letters expressing their thoughts on the environment and how to protect... Read more of this article
Nancy Anne Miller Releases ‘Pink Typewriter’
Bermudian poet Nancy Anne Miller has released her tenth collection of poems, Pink Typewriter – a celebration and commentary of her homeland. Ms Miller, who lives in New England, has been published internationally in several journals, including the Edinburgh Review and The Caribbean Writer, and is a Bermuda Arts Council Grant recipient. Her latest... Read more of this article
