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Book about Hope Town's lighthouse to be launched at Doongalik - Nov 30, 2015 - 11:17:45 PM
The public is invited to enter the magical world of “UP”, the beloved
Bahamian character found in an exciting new children’s book entitled UP
Keeps The Light On which will be launched at Doongalik Studios on
Friday, December 4 from 6pm-9pm.
The book is a fanciful, yet factual, story about the famous
candy-striped lighthouse in Hope Town, Abaco. It was written and
illustrated by the young, talented students of grades 3 to 6 at the Hope
Town Primary School in Abaco who have successfully created a children’s
book to expose the rest of the world to their lightstation's special
and unique workings, with all funds raised from purchases going to their
school and the lighthouse...
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Henry Davis’ Book and CD, "My Country, My Island Stories" to be Launched at Doongalik Studios - Nov 17, 2015 - 1:12:05 PM
Doongalik
Studios will host the Book and CD Launch of Henry Davis’
My Country, My Island Stories on Sunday, November 22 from 3-5pm.
Henry Davis was born and raised in New Bight,
Cat Island where he attended New Bight All Age School and Old Bight High
School. The last son of sixteen (16)
siblings, after graduating, Davis left Cat Island and relocated to Freeport,
Grand Bahama where he currently resides. The
stories in Davis’ book are all real and reflect the exciting life he
experienced growing up in Cat Island where he was used to going...
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New Providence author releases new book, "Reflections" - Nov 16, 2015 - 4:35:38 PM
Nassau, The Bahamas - Janet Hutcheson has recently published her first book
entitled “Reflections.” and is hosting a book launch, Sunday, November 22 nd
, 2015 12:30 at Christ Community Church. The book is a compilation of
heartfelt and compelling poems and anecdotes based on Ms. Hutcheson’s life
experiences and family relationships. It also features a special tribute
section penned in part by her sister Coralee Jane Hutcheson.
Ms. Hutcheson was born and raised on the island of New
Providence and was educated at Prairie View A & M University. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in social work and minor in psychology. She is a
trained Social Worker and has worked for the Bahamas Government for the past 37
years in various capacities such as teacher...
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New Controversial Book About Baptists in The Bahamas - Nov 13, 2015 - 10:34:04 AM
When it comes to Baptists in The Bahamas, where did the
religious denomination originate, was it in The Americas or in England?
Who were the founding fathers and how did they convert the locals to
their new religion? In his freshman work,
The Story of Baptists in The
Bahamas: An Historical Survey, Bishop Arnold Josey explores the
formation of the various sects of Baptists and reminisces on times long
past.
According to the author, “there exists a very real challenge for the
modern historian to put the pieces together. Local Baptists have not
kept records, therefore, the information had to be garnered from persons
who purport to know. This was good until it is put to the test of
others who have their own memories of how it really transpired...
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Bahamian Author Blends Science and Universal Truth into Soul Inspiring Children´s Book - Nov 11, 2015 - 11:46:44 AM
Dale Marshall, author of
SuperStar Me: Adanna and the Dog Star,
is helping to raise the consciousness and self-awareness of children on
an international level. The book, written for middle readers, was
published and released on November 15 2015. It is a unique Science
fiction tale about Adanna Anderson, a slender ten year old Androsian,
island girl, with the rich dark autograph of the sun on her skin. She is
suddenly fatherless and heartbroken, after he goes out to sea and
never returns. Although Adanna still has the love of her wise
grandmother; strong, yet silent mother; and sweet, little sister Lia, her
grief is compounded by constant bullying and teasing at school...
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Allan Murray’s Book The Colourful History Of The Bahamas To Be Launched This Month - Nov 8, 2015 - 11:35:34 PM
Nassau, Bahamas - Doongalik Studios will host the Book Launch of Allan Murray’s book The
Colourful History of The Bahamas: A Souvenir Guide for Visitors on
Sunday, November 15 from 3-6pm.
The origin of this new book can be traced back to the summer of 1972
when John Chaplin, Headmaster of St. Andrew’s School, asked Murray, a
newly recruited history teacher, to introduce an 8-week course in
Bahamian History. During this time Murray’s job was to prepare students
for the British-based GCE examination so no Bahamian History was taught...
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Barbara’s ‘Bahamian Straw Craft’ book and bags gain fans with First Lady and Governor General - Nov 6, 2015 - 10:37:24 AM
Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling and First Lady Bernadette
Christie are the latest fans of straw bag designer and author Barbara
Knowles-Jesubatham’s work. Both remarkable women recently met with Mrs.
Knowles-Jesubatham to learn more about her new book “Bahamian Straw
Craft: A Guide to Making Native Straw Bags” a first of its kind
instructional on how to create the Bahamas’ iconic straw bags.
A proud
Long Island ‘gal’ Barbara Knowles-Jesubatham is passionate about her
art. She has won multiple awards for her authentic designs at the
Bahamas International Cultural Festival, has been recognized as a
“Living Legend” by the Zonta Club of New Providence, and has even had
one of her exquisite designs presented to Queen Elizabeth II...
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Hollywood producer coming to Grand Bahama for "Generation Text" book launch - Oct 27, 2015 - 12:55:06 PM
Grand Bahama will once again be in the spotlight as the Island gets
ready to host an international book launch of the movie
'Generation
Text'. This historic event will take place on Friday October 30, 2015 at
4 pm at the Grand Lucayan Resort. This book launch will promote the
upcoming movie
'Generation Text' that will be partially filmed in Grand
Bahama.
Traveling from New York to be a part of this launch will be Mr. Mark
Lipsky well known Hollywood producer. Mr. Lipsky has produced movies
like 'Coming to America', 'Beverly Hills Cops' and many others. This
film marketing, advertising and public relations executive made his mark
in the new burst of independent filmmaking in the USA since the 1980s.
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Columbus, the Moor: “It does not happen often in literature” - Sep 21, 2015 - 10:36:25 AM
GREAT BAY, St. Martin — Columbus, the Moor / Colón, el Moro / Colomb,
le Maure / Colombo, il Moro by Charles Matz “is remarkable in many
ways,” said literary scholar Dr. Fabienne Viala about the new book from
House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).
In Matz’s Columbus can be
found, among others, a “termite crew,” the dread roll call by death,
“the kings of Aethiopia,” a host of saints, “and the utterly ingenious
appearance of the notary. As in the English original of this performance
poem, with its inextricable, multilingual planks, the same legion
tenants the Spanish, French, and Italian translations in the one book,”
said HNP publisher Lasana M. Sekou...
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Book Describing Bahamas Shallow Marine Habitats Presented to PM Christie - May 22, 2015 - 11:08:38 AM
NASSAU, The
Bahamas – Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie was presented with a book
on Bahamas marine habitats at the Office of the Prime Minister on Thursday, May
21. The information, produced by the
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is called Atlas of Shallow Marine Habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Great Inagua, Little
Inagua, and Hogsty Reef, Bahamas.
Prime Minister Christie, right, accepts the book from (l-r): Executive
Director of the Bahamas National Trust Eric Carey; Chief Scientist of the
Foundation Dr. Andy Bruckner; and Executive Director of the Foundation Captain
Philip Renaud.
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Nat Dorsett Presents Book to the Prime Minister - May 22, 2015 - 3:30:07 AM
NASSAU, The
Bahamas – Nathaniel K. Dorsett presented a copy of his book,
From Here to There, to Prime Minister
the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie at the House of Assembly on Wednesday.
Mr. Dorsett is father of Minister of the
Environment and Housing the Hon. Kenred Dorsett, and a veteran of insurance
industry development in The Bahamas...
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"Tales of Bed Sheets" launches in the Caribbean - Apr 29, 2015 - 3:54:20 PM
GREAT BAY, St. Martin - The launch of
Tales
of Bed Sheets and Departure Lounges by Montague Kobbé, on
April 30 in
Anguilla, at The Valley Bistro, at
5 pm, introduces the author’s newest book to
the Caribbean.
Kobbé, whose
acute literary features appear regularly in
The
Daily Herald’s
WEEKender supplement, is excited
about “sharing with the people in Anguilla a different
book to the last, where the focus is not on an Anguillian story but still there
is creative material of interest to a local readership...”
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Straw artisan to launch “Bahamian Straw Craft” book - Apr 13, 2015 - 12:57:26 PM
Doongalik Studios is honoured to
announce the Book Launch of the first comprehensive textbook on Bahamian straw,
entitled “Bahamian Straw Craft” written by iconic Straw Artisan, Barbara Jesubatham
on Saturday, April 18 from 3-6pm.
A proud native of Long Island, Barbara
Knowles Jesubatham is known throughout The Bahamas and abroad for her unique
and exquisite straw bags, hand-made to perfection. She is the owner of
Barbara’s Straw Designs located in Tuckaway Road, Nassau.
Barbara’s progression into the
straw craft industry was a natural occurrence as she comes from several
generations of proud Bahamian straw artisans including her grandmother who, like
many other Family Island crafts persons, would travel to Nassau in the 1900s with
plait as a traditional form of currency with which to exchange and barter for
other products, such a food and clothing...
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Grand Bahamian author challenges readers to "think" again - Apr 9, 2015 - 3:54:33 PM
Most
people feel their life is screwed up in one respect or another but they
don't know who is REALLY responsible for their screwed up lives. So
many people have questions, a lot of them, but they can't seem to access
the answers to these questions. Or they don't know where to look to find
them.
Who
In The Hell Do You THINK You Are, written by
Bahamian Denika Carothers will provide the answers to your
questions and help you to understand how to neutralize the negativity in
your life by identifying the barriers that
are preventing you from living your best possible life right now. As a
man thinks in his heart so he is and whatever a man thinks he is, he is
absolutely correct...
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Life Outside the Box: The Extraordinary Journeys of 10 Unique Individuals - Apr 7, 2015 - 12:25:40 PM
Life Outside the Box is American-Canadian
writer Marilyn R. Wilson's debut book after a decade of writing
and editing for magazines and her own blog, "Olio by Marilyn." In it she turns
her mind’s eye onto the personal stories of her subjects, bringing out their
inner dialogues to "entertain, inspire and
challenge." Wilson is a gifted storyteller and an adept
narrator with great insight and wisdom into people’s inner selves.
Life Outside the Boxinvites you into the lives of 10 unique people:
Julie Salsibury, William Orlowski,
Caroline MacGillivray,
Shane Koyczan,
Lisa-Marie Mazzucco,
Ruthie Davis,
Patricia Fieldwalker,
Pamela Masik,
Geir Ness, and
Katherine Soucie...
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