A Former UCCI Professor Returns to Cayman to Share His Latest Work
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (July 10, 2012): After teaching English and Fiction Writing at the University College of the Cayman Islands, heading the Caribbean Reading Club at Books & Books, and hosting a number of writers’ workshops at the Camana…
Students! Are you up for a Challenge?
Kids, we dare you to find the eight words in the mix below! Ready, Set, GO! AKHRIOAHRBNKASUMMERFBABFOAHIABFAHFOAHFALNFAJDPRJQPEWGSNGOHF SIGFTIOMREADINGVDFAGDAIGHOAHFRAOPRAORHAOACHALLENGEOHFAOFHAO FHAOFAOCANGFAOAREHFAOIHFAOFYOUHSFHSIFAOIFHAOIFHAOHMAKEIGHDFO AHFOAHFAOHFAOTHEHFATOFHAOFHAOYRHQWORHBQMINUTES?CUIGIOSHVNHNFSG Have you found the hidden words? This code simply asks if students are ready to undertake the new Summer Reading…
Even Wendy, the Super Librarian, wants to be spirited away to the Cayman Islands
From “The Misadventures of … Super Librarian” “Mild mannered librarian and romance novel junkie by day. Kick-ass super-hero babe by night”. Monday, July 9, 2012 Wendy’s Birthday Wish List Yes indeedy, it’s Happy Birthday day here at the Bat Cave. …
Cultural Historian Roy Bodden Shares His Latest Book of Short Stories
Join local educator, cultural historian and author Roy Bodden at Books & Books in Camana Bay on Thursday, July 26 at 7pm when he shares his latest book, A Gathering of Old Men (Ian Randle, 2012). This free event will…
The Sea, a living canvas by: Fiona Pimentel
The Sea, a living canvas This morning, I watched a display, put on just for me, a living canvas of so many blues, with sprites bright like snow, leaping up, as joyfully as lambs. They paused, suspended in air,…
Defining and Defending My Poetry
By H.M. Peter Westin I enjoy writing poetry. If I had to define the style of poetry I write, I would characterize it as ‘free verse’. Free verse poetry typically has no rhyme scheme or stratified stanza style format. The…
“Cayman Heat” Murder in the Cayman Islands
Connie Reeves Cooke is just back from New York where she introduced her second novel, Cayman Heat, at Book Expo America and Blogworld New Media Expo. Following that soft launch of the riveting page-turner (yes, I’ve read it), Connie hits…
“Money Basics for Kids” adapted to the high school curriculum in Grand Cayman.
A Belizean author is having success with a book she wrote in Belize in another country in the Caribbean. Sharryn Dawson’s book Money Basics for Kids which was launched in Belize in 2011 – has now been adapted to the…
Suey’s Books Review: Cayman Summer by Angela Morrison
Book: Cayman Summer by Angela Morrison Genre: YA Romance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars For: Fun The second book I’ve read on the Kindle! 🙂 I was excited to see this available so I could wrap up this series…
Ray Bradbury, author of ‘Farenheit 451’, dies age 91
Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451, died Tuesday (6). He was 91. Born in Waukegan, Ill, USA, 1920, Bradbury grew up in the Great Depression with an active imagination. He imagined there were monsters at the…
