Literary Festival | a virtual Dominica https://www.avirtualdominica.com Everything you need to know about Dominica Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Nature Island Literary Festival & Book Fair 2015 https://www.avirtualdominica.com/nature-island-literary-festival-book-fair-2015/ https://www.avirtualdominica.com/nature-island-literary-festival-book-fair-2015/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:09:45 +0000 http://www.avirtualdominica.com/?p=13812 It’s that time of year, and NILF is here! In its 7th year, the Festival has become synonymous with the first weeks in August, solidifying itself as a part of Dominican and Caribbean Literary traditions. The festival showcases a number of artists from around the Caribbean, US and the UK – with a Caribbean focus. Through lectures, workshops, […]

The post Nature Island Literary Festival & Book Fair 2015 first appeared on a virtual Dominica.]]> It’s that time of year, and NILF is here! In its 7th year, the Festival has become synonymous with the first weeks in August, solidifying itself as a part of Dominican and Caribbean Literary traditions.

The festival showcases a number of artists from around the Caribbean, US and the UK – with a Caribbean focus. Through lectures, workshops, music, readings and plays, NILF is for anyone interested in revealing, or tapping into their creative side.  This year will feature:

  • Author Oonya Kempadoo from Guyanya/Grenada;
  • Writer/Actor/Critic Vladimir Lucien from St Lucia;
  • Scriptwriter/Director Christopher DeRiggs from Grenada;
  • Author Alick Lazare from Dominica;
  • Poet, Researcher/Consultant Jean Barfleur from Guadeloupe;
  • Author/Editor Polly Pattullo from UK/Dominica;
  • Author Kristine Simelda from US/Dominica;
  • Actor, Poet, Playwright, Director and Cultural Critic Travis Weekes St Lucia;
  • Poet, Teacher and Blogger Faizah Tabasamu from St. Maarten; and
  • Delroy Williams, Tamara Lowe and Yakima Cuffy from Dominica.

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For more information about the festival, see their calendar of events here, or visit their website www.dominicalitfest.com, and see you there!

The post Nature Island Literary Festival & Book Fair 2015 first appeared on a virtual Dominica.]]> https://www.avirtualdominica.com/nature-island-literary-festival-book-fair-2015/feed/ 0 NILF News! https://www.avirtualdominica.com/nilf-news/ https://www.avirtualdominica.com/nilf-news/#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:12:49 +0000 http://visitdominica.wordpress.com/?p=1467 The Nature Island Literary Festival (NILF) is almost here – mark your calendars for August 5th – 7th at UWI in Roseau. This week… Register your kids by Wednesday July 27th for the Children’s Writing Workshop which will be held on July 30th at Dominica Grammar School (kids age 3 to 15). On Saturday, July […]

The post NILF News! first appeared on a virtual Dominica.]]> The Nature Island Literary Festival (NILF) is almost here – mark your calendars for August 5th – 7th at UWI in Roseau.

This week…

  • Register your kids by Wednesday July 27th for the Children’s Writing Workshop which will be held on July 30th at Dominica Grammar School (kids age 3 to 15).
  • On Saturday, July 30th don’t miss the Book Exchange at Roseau Market from 6 am to 10 am.

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More information is available on the NILF website.

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