The Louise
Bennett-Coverley-Heritage Council (LBHC) in association with the South
Regional/Broward College Library and the friends of the South Regional Broward
College Library is pleased to announce its hosting of a one-day writer’s clinic
- “Write it Now”- on Saturday,
September 8, 2018, 10 am – 5 pm at the South Regional BC Library, 7300 Pines
Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024.
Three workshops,
Fiction, Poetry and Performance Poetry will be held simultaneously and a
session on Independent Publishing will be held in the afternoon. The sessions
will cover: character and plot development, stage craft and delivery, playing
with rhyme and rhythm, and other topics. To celebrate Louise Bennett-Coverley’s
iconic contribution to Caribbean literature, the Writer’s Clinic will be taught
by four outstanding Caribbean writers who live in Florida.
Christine Craig will host the Poetry clinic. She was born in Jamaica and is a graduate of the University of the West Indies. Her short stories and poems have been published in British, American and Caribbean journals. Described as “One of the Caribbean’s most original and innovative poets” - her poetry collection All Things Bright…and Quadrille for Tigers was published by Peepal Tree Press, UK. Her short story collection Mint Tea and other Stories, and children’s fiction Bird Gang, were published by Heinemann Caribbean.
Geoffrey Philp, an award-winning author from Jamaica, will
host the Fiction clinic. He has written two novels, two collections
of short stories, and three
children’s books, His work is represented in nearly every anthology
of Caribbean literature including the Oxford Book of Caribbean Short
Stories and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse.
Malachi
Smith is the presenter of the Performance Poetry clinic. He is a fellow of the
University of Miami’s Mitchner Caribbean Writer’s Institute, an alumnus of
Florida International University, Miami-Dade College and Jamaica School of
Drama. Malachi was a founding member of Poets in Unity. He has recorded seven CD collections of his
poetry and has read and performed his poetry internationally.
Judith
Falloon-Reid will host the Independent Publishing session. She is an author,
screenwriter, poet and award-winning film maker. She has several published
works to her credit and is the writer and director of two award-wining Jamaican
films, The Gift Everlasting and Just Another Friday. Her poetry
collection, Screeeem and Riot, was
published in 2018.
Lunch and
handouts will be provided compliments of South Regional BC Library and the
LBHC. Applicants are required to submit a sample of their writing. For
poetry and performance applications, email Malachi at malismith@aol.com .
For Fiction applications, please follow this link: Fiction Workshop
