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SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016

10:00 am – 4:30 pm

WORDS

NEED

LOVE

TOO

Festival Tent

READINGS

OPEN MIC

BIMROCK VARIATIONS

Waterfront Café

BIM LITFEST CHILDREN'S FAIR

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016

Independence Square

Bridgetown, Barbados

"WORDS NEED LOVE, TOO"

Guest Writers & Workshops | Book Fair & Parents’ Tent | Face-painting & Giant Chess

LitCon & Storybook Costume Parade | Anansi’s Poet-Tree | Storytelling, Music & Drama |

Writers Workshops

Master Classes

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Joanne Hillhouse

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Olive Senior

Bernice McFadden

Tanya Shirley

Mervyn Morris

A rare opportunity to develop or improve your skills.

Fiction

Poetry

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READINGS

BOOK LAUNCHES

MEET THE AUTHORS

BOOK FAIR

Festival Tent

The National Library

BIM LITERARY FESTIVAL AND BOOK FAIR 2016

12-14 May

Independence Square

Bridgetown, Barbados

Authors

Hazel Simmons-McDonald

Professor and Writer

Adrian Green

Spoken Word Performer, Actor, Visual Artist

Harold Hoyte

Esteemed Journalist

Celeste St. Hill

Teacher and Writer

Joanne C. Hillhouse

Joanne C. Hillhouse

Author

Elaine Savory

Publisher, Writer, Teacher

Philip Nanton

Poet and Writer

Karen Lord

Author

Mark McWatt

Writer and Professor

Allison Cadogan

Author

Aprille L. Thomas

Poet

A-dZiko Simba Gegele

Author

Lynn Joseph

Author - Children's Festival

Tennyson Joseph

Writer and Lecturer

Empress Zingha

Storyteller & Lit-Con host for Bim LitFest Children’s Fair

TANYA SHIRLEY

Poet

Edison Theo Williams

Writer

Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips

Director and Founder

Linda M. Deane

Coordinator, Bim LitFest Children's Fair

Heather Barker

Writer

Stephen Sandiford

Literature Lover and Poet

D.J. Simmons

Poet

Winston Farrell

Theatre Artist, Poet and Playwright

Katherine Tafari

Writer and Visual Artist

Colin Robinson

Poet, Writer, Editor, Activist

Russell Watson

Film Director and Teacher

Robert Sandiford

Author and Teacher

Indra Rudder

Singer/Song Writer and Author

Cherie Jones

Writer and Lawyer

BERNICE L. MCFADDEN

BERNICE L. MCFADDEN

Author

Keoma Mallett aka KLiMb8

Freestyler and Rapper

Racquel Griffith

Writer

MERVYN MORRIS

MERVYN MORRIS

Jamaica’s Poet Laureate

Gregory Skeete

Author, Engineer, Professional Coach

Christine Barrow

Professor and Writer

Eintou Springer

Poet, Playwright, Storyteller, Actress

Jane Bryce

Writer and Professor

Paule Marshall

Author

Khalid Batson

Musician and Writer

Shivanee Ramlochan

Poet, Writer, Literary Critic

Magazine

Sunset

Night Of The Alba

by Esther Phillips

Literary Festival Schedule

Thursday, May 12

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Brief Address by Ministry of Culture, Sport & Youth

Marks the Start of BimLitFest and Bookfair

Venue:

National Library

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Dramatised Excerpt from Paule Marshall’s Brown Girl, Brownstones

Venue:

National Library

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Panel Discussion – Topic: Books fifty years and over

Venue:

National Library

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