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Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)
Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir) Colin Channer 9781617750748 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Thoroughly well-written stories…fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering h...
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Kingston Book Festival
Kingston Book Festival Kingston Jamaica, W.I. The Kingston Book Festival is one of the largest book festivals in the English speaking Caribbean. It comprises 30 events over 8 days with a combined aud...
Kingston Buttercup
Kingston Buttercup Ann-Margaret Lim 9781845233303 Poetry Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Longlisted: 2017 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Jamaican poet, Ann Margaret Lim, follows her crit...
King and I: A Royal Love Affair
King and I: A Royal Love Affair Mz. Lady P 9781519688484 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC King and I: A Royal Affair There’s an old saying that says everything that look good isn’t always...
Easier Said Than Done
Easier Said Than Done Nikki Woods 9780991532247 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Easier Said Than Done is a touching new novel of love and risk, featuring a sassy and skillfully created ca...
Kellie Magnus
Kellie Magnus 0000000114740104 Kellie Magnus is a Jamaican children's author and media writer. An alumna of Harvard and Columbia Universities, she's the Chair of the Kingston Book Festival and serves...
Kingston Noir
Kingston Noir Robert Fleming Book Review With his first anthology for Akashic, Iron Balloons, Colin Channer, author of the celebrated novel, Waiting In Vain, showcased the full range of contempo...
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival
Kellie Magnus on the Kingston Book Festival Literary Events Kellie Magnus tells AALBC.com about the Kingston Book Festival during the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival. AALBC.com is planning a group trip t...
David Thomas Owner Bookophilia in Kingston, Jamaica
David Thomas Owner Bookophilia in Kingston, Jamaica Book Spotlights David Thomas owner of Bookophilia, an Independent bookstore & cafe located in Kingston Jamaica, noted for book launches, signings, a...
Irie Morning
Irie Morning Alison Moss-Solomon 9789769543607 Fiction Blue Moon Publishing Blue Moon Publishing Irie Morning is a children’s picture book featuring a delightful poem and engaging watercolour illustra...
Mervyn Morris
Mervyn Morris 0000000122796976 Born in 1937, Mervyn E. Morris is a renowned Jamaican poet and scholar. A Rhodes Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & West Indian Literature, he was the...
Christopher John Farley
Christopher John Farley Kam Williams Interview Photo Credit: Kate Simon Christopher John Farley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Brockport, New York. He is a graduate of Harvar...
My Jamaican Table: Vibrant Recipes from a Sun-Drenched Island
My Jamaican Table: Vibrant Recipes from a Sun-Drenched Island Andre Fowles 9781648293740 Nonfiction Artisan HarperCollins In the first major Jamaican cookbook of its kind, Kingston-born chef Andre Fow...
Number Ones Only: The Autobiography of Ryan Press & the Art of Making Hits
Number Ones Only: The Autobiography of Ryan Press & the Art of Making Hits Ryan Press 9781954220874 Nonfiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial Number Ones Only: The Autobiography of Ryan Press & T...
Model Citizen: The Autobiography of Jeremy Meeks
Model Citizen: The Autobiography of Jeremy Meeks Jeremy Meeks 9781954220669 Nonfiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial Jeremy Meeks First Catapulted to Fame When His Mugshot Went Viral, Earning Hi...
Who’s Your A & R?: A Guide to Artist Discovery, Creative Development, and Career Building for Aspiring Musicians and Industry Professionals
Who’s Your A & R?: A Guide to Artist Discovery, Creative Development, and Career Building for Aspiring Musicians and Industry Professionals Omar Grant 9781954220614 Nonfiction Kingston Imperial Kingst...
Queen Nanny & the White Witch of Rosehall
Queen Nanny & the White Witch of Rosehall Bobby Spears 9781954220973 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial Part historical fiction, part horror mystery, this thrilling novel is perfect for fans ...
The God Particle
The God Particle Marvis Johnson and SLMN 9780999639085 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial Three stories about one story … The God Particle is told out of chronological order, and follows thre...
The God Particle 2
The God Particle 2 Marvis Johnson and SLMN 9781733304122 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial “Does fiction get much darker … Deliberate and creepy, "this taps into genuine human traits like fe...
B-More Careful
B-More Careful Shannon Holmes 9781733304153 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial 20th Anniversary Edition Previously published by Teri Woods Publishing, B-More Careful (pictured right) is ...
Cham-Pain
Cham-Pain SLMN 9780998767437 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial "Does fiction get much darker … Deliberate and creepy, "this taps into genuine human traits like fear, greed, and stupidity."—L...
Gods & Gangsters 2
Gods & Gangsters 2 SLMN 9780999639016 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial "Does fiction get much darker … Deliberate and creepy, "this taps into genuine human traits like fear, greed, and stup...
Cham-Pain 2
Cham-Pain 2 SLMN 9780999639047 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial Cham-Pain is awakening the special ops gangster is coming out of the shell that her conniving husband David had her in. Now b...
The Purple Don
The Purple Don SLMN 9780998767413 Fiction Kingston Imperial Kingston Imperial Joey Diamonds is on the verge of being a "Made" man, with ice cold blue eyes that pierce through the hearts of women…and m...
Careful What You Click for
Careful What You Click for Mary B. Morrison 9781496710918 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In her most riveting novel yet, New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison delivers an emot...
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim
The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim Marcia Douglas 9781845233327 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press A much-awaited novel from an award-winning writer a reggae track...
A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel
A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel Marlon James 9781594633942 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Winner of the 2015 Man Booker PrizeA recipient of the 2015 American Book AwardNamed a best book...
From Harvey River: A Memoir Of My Mother And Her Island
From Harvey River: A Memoir Of My Mother And Her Island Lorna Goodison 9781843549956 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. In her lovingly written, richly imaginative and effortlessly joyful mem...
Sandra A. Ottey
Sandra A. Ottey NONE Sandra A. Ottey, born in Kingston, Jamaica, is a US-based author known for 'Jamerican Connection' and its sequel. She holds a bachelor's degree from Medgar Evers College and a ma...
Bookophilia
Bookophilia Kingston JA Bookophilia, an Independent bookstore & cafe located in Kingston Jamaica, noted for book launches, signings, art exhibitions and a great selection of books. We love Books! Our...
Colin Channer
Colin Channer 0000000066632589 Colin Channer, born in Jamaica, is a celebrated author and editor known for his poetry collection 'Providential' and bestselling novel 'Waiting in Vain'. He's also the ...
Marlon James
Marlon James 0000000072615785 Jamaican-born author Marlon James, featured on Mosaic Literary Magazine's cover, is a University of the West Indies literature graduate. His debut novel, John Crow’s Dev...
Sandy Daley
Sandy Daley NONE Sandy Daley, a versatile talent from Kingston, Jamaica, is an actress, author, and media personality known for her candidness. Her provocative novel, “Whose Vagina Is It, Really?” di...
Olive Senior
Olive Senior 0000000110714769 Jamaican-born Olive Senior is an accomplished scholar, journalist, and editor. Educated at Carleton University and the Thomson Foundation, she's held roles at the Daily ...
Neville Dawes
Neville Dawes 0000000434837562 Neville Augustus Dawes (1926-1984), born in Nigeria to Jamaican parents, was a writer and educator. Raised in Jamaica, he studied at Oxford University, taught in Jamaic...
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Oyinkan Braithwaite 0000000472215924 Oyinkan Braithwaite, a Kingston University graduate in Creative Writing and Law, has worked in Nigerian publishing and children's entertainment. Now a freelance w...
Racquel Williams
Racquel Williams NONE Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Racquel Williams moved to the US in 1992. After a difficult period leading to prison on drug charges, she turned her life around. Now living in Atlant...
Brittany J. Thurman
Brittany J. Thurman NONE Brittany J. Thurman, an MFA graduate in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon, is known for her plays produced in Aspen and NYC. An alumna of Kingston University, former chil...
Ishi Robinson
Ishi Robinson NONE Ishi Robinson was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. A Canadian citizen, she has lived in Bern, Toronto, Rome, London and now lives in Berlin with her Czech husband. Her first ...
The Disappearers
The Disappearers Marlon James 9780593717202 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel abo...
The Artist & Her Lover: A Vacation Travel Romance
The Artist & Her Lover: A Vacation Travel Romance Edwina Louise Dorch 9781665786195 Nonfiction Archway Publishing Author Solutions This fast-paced travel romance is Part I of a trilogy series of books...
Sweetness in the Skin: A Novel
Sweetness in the Skin: A Novel Ishi Robinson 9780063349858 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins “A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmaine ...
Broughtupsy
Broughtupsy Christina Cooke 9781646222490 Fiction Catapult Catapult At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she d...
The Forever She Deserves
The Forever She Deserves Lauren Lacey 9798218415426 Fiction Lauren Lacey Lauren Lacey Vivian St. Claire grew up in a world of high expectations shaped by her wealthy, conservative family. Despite this...
The Family She Found
The Family She Found Lauren Lacey 9798218370640 Fiction Lauren Lacey Lauren Lacey Wildly beautiful and successful entrepreneur Marlowe Blackwood ended her playgirl ways nine months ago when she crosse...
Finding Home: A Windrush Story
Finding Home: A Windrush Story Howard Gardner and Alford Dalrymple Gardner 9781914344220 Nonfiction Jacaranda Jacaranda Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled o...
If I Survive You
If I Survive You Jonathan Escoffery 9780374605988 Fiction MCD Macmillan Publishers "If I Survive You is a collection of connected short stories that reads like a novel, that reads like real life, that...
Entangled Hearts: Volume II
Entangled Hearts: Volume II Yahrah St. John 9781648392054 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books One face…two hearts entangled… Mega superstar singer Chynna James has found the voice she’d forg...
Entangled Hearts: Volume I
Entangled Hearts: Volume I Yahrah St. John 9781648392047 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books One face… two hearts entangled… As America’s favorite singer, Chynna James has it all—beauty, fa...
King and the Dragonflies
King and the Dragonflies Kacen Callender 9781338129335 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy’s grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to...
I Am a Promise
I Am a Promise Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 9781617757648 Nonfiction Black Sheep Akashic Books "Pryce, who earned her fame as an illustrious athlete before putting pen to paper, remains an influential voic...
Nebraska: Poems
Nebraska: Poems Kwame Dawes 9781496221230 Poetry University of Nebraska Press University of Nebraska Press Kwame Dawes is not a native Nebraskan. Born in Ghana, he later moved to Jamaica, where he spe...
Ian Randle Founder of Ian Randle Publishers.
Ian Randle Founder of Ian Randle Publishers. Author Interviews Ian Randle founder of Jamaica's premier publishing house, Ian Randle Publishers. He talks to AALBC.com during the 2016 Kingston Book Fes...
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom Keisha N. Blain 9780812249880 Nonfiction University of Pennsylvania Press University of Pennsylvania Press In 1932, M...
The Short Game
The Short Game J. L. Campbell 9781544745022 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Garth Chu is on his way to having the most sought-after video production outfit in Kingston, Jamaica. Everythin...
King and I 2: A Royal Love Affair (Volume 2)
King and I 2: A Royal Love Affair (Volume 2) Mz. Lady P 9781545531730 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Now that Siyah has the honor and pleasure of living life in King’s world it’s up to h...
Millicent Graham, Tanya Shirley, and Margaret Lim
Millicent Graham, Tanya Shirley, and Margaret Lim Author Interviews Millicent Graham, Tanya Shirley, and Margaret Lim from Jamaica. All three poets have been published by, the UK based, Peepal Tree P...
Olive Senior Reads from THE PAIN TREE
Olive Senior Reads from THE PAIN TREE Author Interviews Jamaican novelist, Olive Senior, reads from her novel THE PAIN TREE at the University of the West Indies during the 2016 Kingston Book Festival...
Ian Randle founder of Ian Randle Publishers
Ian Randle founder of Ian Randle Publishers Author Interviews Ian Randle founder of Jamaica's premier publishing house, Ian Randle Publishers talked to AALBC.com during the 2016 Kingston Book Festival...
Blue Moon Publishing
Blue Moon Publishing Publishing & Craft Tanya Batson-Savage, Publisher and Editor in Chief at Blue Moon Publishing describes a few of her award titles during the 2016 Kingston Book Festival. More book...
The Secret She Kept
The Secret She Kept ReShonda Tate 9781451639650 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. How far will you go to save someone you love and trust when they’ve kept a dangerous secret for years? That...
The Last Warner Woman
The Last Warner Woman Kei Miller 9781566892957 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press "Miller is a name to watch."The Independent"This is magical, lyrical, spellbinding writing."GrantaAdamine B...
Riot
Riot Andrew Salkey 9781845231811 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Gerald Manston and his friends Shifty and Fu lead pretty uneventful lives until the arrival of the upheaval.” When the opp...
Hurricane
Hurricane Andrew Salkey 9781845231804 Fiction Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press “…[Hurricane was] the book that made me want to write. He [Salkey] was the most wonderful writer for children.”—Zadi...
John Crow’s Devil
John Crow’s Devil Marlon James 9789781936074 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A powerful first novel … Writing with assurance and control, James uses his small-town drama to suggest the larger ang...
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation Jeff Chang 9780312425791 Nonfiction Sutton Place Publishers, Incorporated Sutton Place Publishers, Incorporated Featuring an introduction by...
One Love (Modern Plays)
One Love (Modern Plays) Kwame Dawes 9780413765307 Fiction Methuen Drama Bloomsbury Press A new play for Britain’s leading black theatre company, with a premiere at London’s Lyric Theatre in July 2001 ...
Travelling Mercies
Travelling Mercies Lorna Goodison 9780771033827 Poetry McClelland & Stewart Penguin Random House At the heart of acclaimed poet Lorna Goodison’s seventh book of poetry – her first published in Canada ...
Kebra Nagast (The Glory Of Kings)
Kebra Nagast (The Glory Of Kings) Miguel F. Brooks 9789766102272 Nonfiction LMH Publishing LMH Publishing Lost for centuries, the KEBRA NAGAST (The Glory of Kings) is a truly majestic unveiling of anc...
The Groundings With My Brothers (2001)
The Groundings With My Brothers (2001) Walter Rodney 9780948390029 Fiction Frontline Distribution International Frontline Distribution International In The Groundings With My Brothers, Walter Rodney c...
Visions of America: Personal Narratives from the Promised Land
Visions of America: Personal Narratives from the Promised Land Wesley Brown and Amy Ling 9780892551743 Nonfiction Persea Books Persea Books This anthology of personal essay and autobiography follows t...
Waiting in Vain
Waiting in Vain Colin Channer 9780345425522 Fiction One World Penguin Random House Meet Fire—Jamaican-born, charming, poetic, and talented—a man who’s vowed to never play "love-is-blind" games again. ...
Where Evil Sleeps
Where Evil Sleeps Valerie Wilson Wesley 9780380729081 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins Death doesn’t take a holiday even when Tamara does.Off to sunny Kingston, Jamaica, for some much needed relaxati...
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About The Keepers Of Our Traditions
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About The Keepers Of Our Traditions Nikki Giovanni 9780805049039 Poetry Henry Holt & Company (BYR) Macmillan Publishers Nikki Giovanni created th...
The Harder They Come
The Harder They Come Ekwueme Michael Thelwell 9780802131386 Fiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Like the acclaimed film of the same title, this lyrical, lilting, densely textured novel is based o...
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall 0000000121381154 Stuart Hall (1932-2014) was a pioneering Jamaican-British cultural theorist, political activist, and founding editor of New Left Review. He significantly contributed to t...
Stella Lim
Stella Lim NONE Stella Lim is a Korean illustrator based in Seoul. She studied fine art at the Seoul Women's University and illustration at Kingston University in London. She draws inspiration from ...
Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison 0000000354889186 Jamaican-born Lorna Goodison, a former painter and art teacher, turned professional writer and acclaimed poet. Educated in Jamaica and New York, she has been honored w...
Thomas Glave
Thomas Glave NONE Bronx-born author Thomas Glave, educated at Bowdoin College and Brown University, is recognized for his contribution to LGBT literature. A Fulbright Scholar, he co-founded Jamaica's...
Michael Robinson
Michael Robinson 000000005036716X Michael Robinson is an award-winning Visual Communications Consultant with expertise in photography, videography, sculpture, painting, and design. He co-owns a t-shi...
Paulette A. Ramsay
Paulette A. Ramsay NONE Jamaican scholar, Paulette Ramsay, holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of the West Indies. She has worked at Berry College in the USA and currently lectures at the Un...
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips 0000000073657506 Esther Phillips, founder of The Bim Literary Festival & Book Fair and editor of Bim magazine, is a highly decorated poet with an MFA in Creative Writing. She's won pr...
Millicent Graham
Millicent Graham NONE Millicent A. A. Graham, born in 1974, is a Jamaican poet known for her collections 'The Damp In Things' (2009) and 'The Way Home' (2014). She was a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writ...
Jacqueline Bishop
Jacqueline Bishop 0000000041919671 Born in 1971, Jacqueline Bishop is an accomplished Jamaican writer and visual artist. She's the founding editor of Calabash: A Journal of Caribbean Arts & Letters a...
Sean Anderson
Sean Anderson 0000000078343215 Sean Anderson, son of Jamaican immigrants, is a New York-based writer, educator, and youth advocate. His works reflect his unique experiences growing up in 80s NYC and ...
Shara McCallum
Shara McCallum 0000000078832377 Shara McCallum, a Jamaican author known for her poetry, has published four books and received prestigious recognitions including a Witter Bynner Fellowship. Her works ...
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh 0000000117591917 Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh (1944-1987), was a prominent Jamaican musician and activist. Raised in Trench Town, his musical skills were honed in church choir ...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce NONE Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a Jamaican sprinter, rose to fame in 2008 as the first Caribbean woman to win 100m Olympic gold. In 2012, she successfully defended her title. Af...
Joan Wright Lewis
Joan Wright Lewis NONE Jamaican-born author Joan Wright Lewis, now a US citizen, is known for her works that inspire youth and young adults to embrace self-love, pursue dreams, and foster genuine fri...
Noel Hankin
Noel Hankin NONE Noel Hankin, founder of The Best of Friends, Inc., pioneered disco nightlife in NYC, paving the way for the disco explosion of the '70s. A retired executive from Moët Hennessy USA a...
Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwanda" Interview - 2011
Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwanda" Interview - 2011 Kam Williams Interview Alrick Brown The "Kinyarwanda" Interview With an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Alrick Brown is a filmmaker ...
K'Naan - The "Wavin' Flag"Interview
K'Naan - The "Wavin' Flag"Interview Kam Williams Interview Kickin' Back with K'Naan Somalia. The name alone conjures up images of unbridled destruction, merciless warlords and ruthless terror. A...
Better Mus' Come: In Theaters: March 15, 2013
Better Mus' Come: In Theaters: March 15, 2013 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/better-mus-come.jpg Film Review Better Mus’ Come In Theaters: Mar 15, 2013 Limited Written and Directed by Stor...