Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes began his three-year term as the fourth poet laureate of Jamaica in January, taking on ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, plans to celebrate and promote the art of poetry throughout the island during his tenure. Custos Rotulorum ...

Wendy Arimah Berot has gone through some tough days in the past year.But Berot, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning’s director of program operations, found comfort in others, and, ...

The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning will celebrate Women’s History Month with a dynamic lineup of female poets, storytellers, and dancers ...

The BBC's first Black female broadcaster, Una Marson, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque at her former West Hampstead home.

“So, the Jamaican language is not merely a means of communication,” Gayle stresses, “but a vibrant embodiment of Jamaican culture. By embracing and promoting the language, Jamaicans actively ...

Writer-in-Residence Programme culminated last week in the Bermuda National Gallery hosting public readings with participants.

ENGLISH HERITAGE has today announced a blue plaque celebrating the extraordinary life and achievements of Una Marson ...

Jamaican writer Velma Pollard provided a special kind of sunlight in the Caribbean literary space. Known across the region for her warm personality and welcoming nature, she also defied simple classif ...

In recognition of Black History Month in February, Holland High School conducted a poetry contest, inviting students to ...