Celebrating Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary of Independence with author, Gillian Royes
Sunday March 4, 2012 – Sunday March 4, 2012
101 Auburn Avenue, NE
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Sunday, March 4, 3pm – 5pm, Auburn Avenue Research Library, Free
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. This event will also be available via USTREAM.
Author Gillian Royes sits down with Malaika Adero, Senior Editor at Atria Books/Simon & Schuster to discuss her book, The Goat Woman of Largo Bay. This book begins the detective series featuring Shad, a bartender in a fishing village in Jamaica, who is the community problem solver and right hand of Eric, an American who owns the bar and a hotel left in ruins by a hurricane. When Shad sees movement on the island offshore, he thinks it’s just a goat. But it turns out to be much more. Royes wonderfully blends suspense and the soul of the islands in this smart debut.
A personal mantra of “Leave no stone unturned” has led the Jamaican born Gillian Royes to a life of adventure in five countries. It was not her intention to become a writer, although she was a prolific journal-keeper from a young age. But after being an editor, an entrepreneur, a corporate executive, a communications consultant, a project manager and a university lecturer, the only occupation left to her was writing.
She currently lives in the US Virgin Islands where she writes and teaches journalism. The gorgeous Caribbean sea is within sight every day.
Presented by NBAF Department of Education and Public Programs, this program is Free and Open to the public. If you are unable to attend the event you can participate in the experience via USTREAM. Paste the following link in your browser http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-goat-woman-of-largo-bay-presented-by-the-nbaf. For more information contact Dr. Collette Hopkins at chopkins@nbaf.org.
