BREAKING NEWS
Today Monday, June 17th, 2019
“WritersInk Barbados (WIB)” launch their first anthology, “Bazaar” on Friday, Dec 7 @ 6 p.m. @ Zemicon Gallery, Bridgetown. The group hope to see the gallery full to overflowin…
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AirBourne • November 28th, 2007 • 0 comments 
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Jamaican author and Iraq war veteran Laura Johnson has recently released her 3rd book: ‘Born As A Sufferer‘. Released in April of this year, ‘Born As A Sufferer‘ depicts the li…
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AirBourne • November 24th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books )
The 2008 Barbados Pictorial Diary is a full colour appointment style, 8 ?? x 7?, spiral bound, weekly pictorial diary, featuring full colour images of Bajan artwork. Although these diaries are primari…
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AirBourne • November 20th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, News )
In the late 70’s or early 80’s if you said “All Hallows Eve,” Barbadians young or old would look at you weird and wanna know what on earth are you going on about, it was only u…
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AirBourne • October 26th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Culture, Featured )
I have heard that Humphrey Bogart on receiving the Oscar for his role in African Queen said it is fairer to judge five actors doing the same film rather than judging five separate movies. Nevertheless…
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AirBourne • October 20th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Crime, Featured, Review )
Congratulations are in order for Eric Jerome, the man has expanded his Caribbean fan-base now to include Antigua – Barbara Arrindell of Best of Books, said, ?the Antigua & Barbuda Literary F…
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AirBourne • October 13th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Crime, Featured, Review )
Until earlier this year, I had never read Eric Jerome Dickey – I knew when he was here 2 years ago and chicks went insane to meet him, and oh, the awful jokes about his surname that even I was a…
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AirBourne • October 11th, 2007 • 2 comments ( Books, Crime, Featured, Review )
It appears like what Cool Hand Luke said many years ago has reappeared between the NCF and some Barbadian writers and poets – a lack of communication! Debbie Callender ran the Read In (in a non-…
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AirBourne • October 3rd, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, News )
?We are always looking for volunteers to help at the Book Sales? Donate your Time or Books, Magazines & Comics: (Fiction, Non-Fiction as well as Children’s Books? & MORE!) PLEASE CONTACT…
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AirBourne • September 28th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Nature )
Eric Jerome Dickey came to Cave Shepherd and boy, were Bajan women happy! The Vista branch was the first to receive him yesterday and we learned that there were at least 200 women waiting to see him f…
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AirBourne • September 20th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, News )
The next time Barbados holds a poetry slam, I want to see some of the very powerful stock from both the US and British Virgin Islands come over and give us all a really good run for the money! I wish …
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AirBourne • September 16th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, Review )
If you have ever taken up a book from Eric Jerome Dickey, then you know what to expect – apart from race issues or action and thrills, there’s loads of steamy and passionate sex, that is s…
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AirBourne • September 5th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, News )
Here’s another sequel, so to speak; there is an American mystery writer who makes sure a bit of Barbados is always thrown in for good measure, Tim Smith, we decided to see if anything new is pub…
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AirBourne • August 14th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, News )
David Pilgrim will be accompanying his friend, well-known author COLIN CHANNER for the enhanced reading of his piece HOW TO BEAT A CHILD THE RIGHT AND PROPER WAY at JOE?S PUB, THURSDAY, JULY 26! The s…
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AirBourne • July 19th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Music )
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AirBourne • July 5th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Culture, News )
Everyone knows “In The Castle Of My Skin” whether through school or otherwise, it is the landmark tome of George Lamming, a Barbadian writer who makes the parish of St Joseph his home̷…
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AirBourne • June 9th, 2007 • 4 comments ( Books, Culture )
Get your copy from any of the Callaloo Poets – Lavanta Thompson, Oren Hodge, Linette Rabsatt, April T. Glasgow, V. Celeste Fahie, Earold O?Kieffe, Urenna Francis, Stephen Payne, Raja H. Pemberto…
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AirBourne • May 25th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured )
VOICES: Barbados Writers’ Collective presents: THE WINTERGREEN WOMEN a collective of African American scholars and writers will be the featured the presenters at the our next edition of VOICES &…
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AirBourne • May 22nd, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Culture )
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AirBourne • May 8th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Culture )
I N T E R V I E W E R’ S N O T E: Just a few Xmases ago, I had gotten a fantasy book which has a rather bold title of “Maps: Dead Magicians Club, Pt. 1” and is really quite unusual. …
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AirBourne • April 18th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, Nature, Review )
Well, we finally caught up with our promise to look at Shouts From The Outfield from new Barbadian publishing house, AE Books, it is fielding different aspects of the sport that most Caribbean folk wo…
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AirBourne • April 13th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Cricket, Featured )
Catching up is tough, but do-able, last month we spoke of Dennis DePeiza‘s launch for his book “Issues & Responses” which covers articles, speeches and items he wrote from the 1…
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AirBourne • April 6th, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, Review )
{Ed’s Note: I have been a very baaad boy but my day job has kept me swamped and covering these events outside of my regular duties left me with little energy to compile the data, this is actuall…
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AirBourne • April 3rd, 2007 • 1 comment ( Books, Cricket, Featured )
Dennis DePeiza compiled “Issues and Responses” a number of essays, speeches and newspaper items from the 90’s to the very recent present; it took close to seven years to get off the …
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AirBourne • April 1st, 2007 • 0 comments ( Books, Featured, News )
Anyone who knows Anderson Armstrong knows he as a long history for such a young fellow – he has worked at No 1 Record Shop on Independence Square; a Teen Talent competitor in Richard Stoute̵…
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AirBourne • February 28th, 2007 • 1 comment ( Books, Culture, Featured )
