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Media Launch Friday, April 2 6 pm Readings by DYCR, Kaylie Jones and Ralph Thompson. Live music by Ibo Cooper, Stephen Golding and Nadine Sutherland. The Terra Nova Hotel 17 Waterloo Road Kingston, Jamaica (by invitation only)   Writing WorkshopSaturday, April 3 10 am – 6 pm The Anatomy of a Poem This introductory workshop will explore some of the basic elements of good poetry, including simile, metaphor, meter, form, syntax, and voice. Participants will generate a lot of work in this sequence. The controlling idea is that the best poets are those who master the basics. (Maximum participants: 12). Tutor: Geoffrey Philp Poetry Aerobics This intensive workshop for intermediate to advanced poets will use formal exercises to ferret out voice and instill the discipline of poetic “fitness”. Assuming that most poets fall into easy habits that ultimately lead to “fat” and an ordinariness of poetic expression, this workout will (painfully) remind participants of the poetic muscles they’ve forgotten or never knew they had. (Maximum participants: 12) Tutor: Kwame Dawes Crafting the Short Story This workshop will help beginning writers appreciate some of the fundamental elements of good short fiction writing. There will be special emphasis on focus, characterization, efficacy, dialogue and plot. (Maximum participants: 12) Tutor: Kaylie Jones Story Design This intermediate to advanced workshop for storytellers in range of forms will explore the essence of story design, using examples from literature, stage and film. Participants will leave this workshop with a set of guiding principles that will liberate their creativity and enable them to choose and develop their story ideas effectively. (Maximum participants: 12) Tutor: Colin Channer Work In Progress 4 Hopefield Avenue Kingston, Jamaica Writing WorkshopSunday, April 4 10 am – 6 pm The Anatomy of a Poem Poetry Aerobics Crafting the Short Story Story Design Work In Progress 4 Hopefield Avenue Kingston, Jamaica  Publishing SeminarSaturday, May 1 9 am – 10 am Publishing: Do It Yourself or Don’t? Self-publishing has lost its stigma. Around the planet, thousands reap the benefits every day—money, fame and audience for their passions and their points of view. Then there is the other side—money lost, books in boxes with no distribution and a case of the somebody-should-have-stopped-me blues. At the same time, small presses are making a comeback. Is the global boom in self-publishing just the vanity press in a whole new guise? Is it good or bad? If “yes” or “no” — for whom? The reader? The writer? The publishing industry? What’s in it for you? Find out! Host: Colin Channer Guests: Mannie Barron (literary agent, the William Morris Agency, NYC), Connie Bell (poet, host of reading series at Weekenz, Jamaica), Valerie Facey (publisher, The Mill Press, Jamaica), Johnny Temple (publisher, Akashic Books, NYC), David Winn, self-published author, Jamaica) The Philip Sherlock Center University of the West Indies Kingston, Jamaica (free admission) Publishing SeminarSaturday, May 1 11 am – 12 pm Can you really teach creative writing? Some people say that writing is something that comes with practice. And there’s proof. Shakespeare didn’t have an MFA. Lorna Goodison went to school for painting. And Derek Walcott was born a fully formed poet it seems. There are currently more MFA writing programs in the USA than there are elementary schools in all of Jay Ay. But do we need a creative writing MFA in Jamaica? If yes, which institution is best positioned to do it? Is the whole MFA thing akin to paint-by-numbers? What is literary talent? Do you have it? Find out! Host: Colin Channer Guests: Barbara Gloudon (playwright & communications consultant, Jamaica), Mat Johnson (novelist & assistant professor, Bard College, NY), Sharon Leach (fiction writer & columnist, Jamaica), Mervyn Morris (poet & literary critic, Jamaica), David Winn (assistant professor, Hunter College, NYC) The Philip Sherlock Center University of the West Indies Kingston, Jamaica (free admission) Publishing SeminarSaturday, May 1 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm What makes a critic good? Some critics are living legends. To the joy of many writers, some of them are dead. The most influential critics such as Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times or Hilton Als of the New Yorker inspire passions rarely seen outside the Middle East. Critics are in a position of power. Like spirits, they are with us but for the most part they are unseen. Are critics really that important? Are they parasites or vital contributors to the vigor of the arts? What about their writing? Is there some kind of art to that? Who critiques the critics? How do you join their ranks? Find out! Host: Colin Channer Guests: Jabari Asim (senior editor, the Washington Post, D.C.) Tanya Batson-Savage (feature editor, the Daily Gleaner, Jamaica), Christopher John Farley (senior editor, Time magazine), Annie Paul (associate editor, Small Axe, Jamaica), Rohan Preston (chief theater critic, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Minnesota). The Philip Sherlock Center University of the West Indies Kingston, Jamaica (free admission)  Film SeriesSunday, May 2 11 am The Housekeeper Set in Paris and the majestic beaches of Normandy, this bittersweet and sexy romantic comedy from French director Claude Berri follows Jacques, a forlorn bachelor whose wife has left him. Deciding to get his life back in order, he hires a housekeeper, Laura, to plow through the mess that’s overtaken his apartment. He soon learns that she’s never done a day of housework in her life. However, her presence adds a joyful spark to his life. Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri and Emilie Dequenne. In French with English subtitles. Running time: 86 minutes. The Bob Marley Museum 56 Hope Road Kingston, Jamaica (free admission) Film SeriesSunday, May 9 11 am The Flower of Evil Directed by Claude Chabrol, The Flower of Evil tells the story of a seemingly perfect family, whose distinguished façade starts to crack when the wife ventures into local politics and the prodigal son returns from overseas. On the eve of the local election, a corpse appears, and the long dormant seeds of a past family crime begin to bloom. It’s not long before three generations of scandal explode, burying the family under the weight of mysterious deaths, collaborations with the Nazis, incest and patricide. Chabrol’s merciless eye has never been so sharp, and his gift for humor never so wicked. Starring: Benoît Magimel and Nathalie Baye. In French with English subtitles. Running time: 104 minutes. The Bob Marley Museum 56 Hope Road Kingston, Jamaica (free admission) Film SeriesSunday, May 16 11 am demonlover In this official selection of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, Oliver Assayas’ demonlover takes us deep into the underbelly of the illicit and financially lucrative world of 3D animated pornography. With billions at risk, Diane is hired into a high stakes game of espionage, which leads her to the twisted world of The Hellfire Club — an interactive torture website. Her bid to gain fortune quickly becomes a frantic race to survive as she is challenged by her amoral colleague, an antagonistic and mysterious assistant, and an outspoken, pot smoking American executive. Starring: Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon and Chloë Sevigny. In English with Spanish subtitles. Running time: 117 minutes. Film SeriesSunday, May 23 11 am The Eye All is not as it appears to be in this chilling psychological thriller. After 18 years of blindness, 20 year-old Mun’s eyesight is restored following a corneal transplant. Immediately, mysterious black-clad figures in Mun’s field of vision seem to foreshadow sudden deaths, and disfigured denizens haunt her daily. Mun slowly learns that she has inherited her donor’s particular fate — the ability to see into the future and the terror that comes with it. Starring: Lee Sin-Je, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo, Pierre Png and Edmund Chen. In Cantonese and Thai with English subtitles. Running time: 98 minutes. The Bob Marley Museum 56 Hope Road Kingston, Jamaica (free admission) |
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