Justin Bieber’s mom, Pattie Mallette, pens book on abuse, faith, sex and her boy
Shawna Richer, The Star Justin Bieber’s frenzied fans think the Canadian pop phenomenon’s infective hits, lustrous hair and adoring social media love are a gift from God. His mother, Pattie Mallette, knows he is, and after reading her first book,…
Play, Read, Learn! Continues
Children learn through play! In May 2012, the Ministry of Education, Training and Employment and the Cayman Islands Public Library Service launched “Play, Read, Learn!”, a library-based programme focusing on children between the ages of three and five years and…
Caribbean Project: Review: The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples
Posted on September 6, 2012 by Hunter Wallace Stephen Palmie and Francisco A. Scarano’s The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples is a sweeping 600+ page overview of the history of the Caribbean from 1492 to 2010….
Message from Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise for International Literacy Day
The United Nations has declared September 8th each year as International Literacy Day, a global observance, with the aim of raising awareness of and concern for literacy issues within communities. Literacy is not just about words but also numbers. It…
Best seller erotic novel sequels being pulled from UAE shelves
Marie-Louise Olson Fans of a best-selling erotic novel will not be seeing the second and third instalments of the trilogy after copies of the book have been withdrawn from the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) bookshops. Staff at major book sellers…
Assistant Solicitor General Douglas Schofield Presents New Novel
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (September 3, 2012): Attorney Douglas Schofield’s second novel, Succession, melds political thriller, medical drama, legal drama and historical romance into an exciting, fast-paced adventure. The new book has already grabbed Hollywood interest and booklovers across Cayman…
Bin Laden book No Easy Day ‘contradicts official account’
A first-hand account of the May 2011 raid by US forces that killed Osama Bin Laden contradicts the official story, the Associated Press claims. It has purchased an advance copy of an unauthorised account of the raid, No Easy Day,…
Writers
By Grace Chambers* Writers do not say what we all can say but what we are unable to or afraid to say. They constantly struggle against silence, fear, and abuse of all sorts, while the rest of us endure. What…
Cayman Writers Circle leader gives his reflection on Carlos Fuentes’ “Writing is a struggle against silence”
We all know the saying, that ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’. But what does this really mean and why do we say it? If we take up a sword to do battle with, we may have a very…
The thing about perfect
By Paul McGowan* of PS Audio Perfection is an interesting concept and sometimes it serves us and sometimes it doesn’t. For example when a musician spends their life perfecting their craft to be able to play the music perfectly with…
