Something Extra | Thursday
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Nicole Dennis-Benn (centre), award-winning, bestselling author of ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘Patsy’, who travelled to Jamaica as a featured speaker for the festival, shares a warm moment with Natasha Cunningham (left), visual artist and graphic designer, and moderator Alexandra Antwi-Boasiako, who also journeyed to the island for the literary celebration.
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Rianne Garvin, a university student, shows off her current read during the literary exchange.
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Jeunanne Alkins, graphic designer and art director based in Trinidad and Tobago, travelled to Jamaica as a featured panellist for the Exchange, bringing regional creative flair and design insight to the vibrant literary gathering.
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Latoya West-Blackwood (centre), founder and director of the Jamaica Book Festival, pauses for a picture-perfect moment with panellists Andrea Dempster Chung (left), founder of Kingston Creative, and Scott Dunn, group managing director of Dream Entertainment Limited.
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Renee Wallace, bookstagrammer, captured the magic of the moment while celebrating her love for literature in style.
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Yashika Graham (left), author, and Cedella McKie, poet, represent the power and poise of Caribbean wordsmiths.
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Festival chic are friends Roseco Clay (left) and Shanell Holmes, who stepped out in coordinated neutrals as they readied for a full day of books and banter.
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Troy Onyango, a London-based Kenyan writer and the founder of Lolwe, a Pan-African literary and arts magazine, reps the continent in an African tunic and matching trousers.
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Sheldon Shepherd, actor and author, shares lens time with Kacy Garvey, poet and founder of JAIKU Poetry.
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Rasida Pitter, marketer and data analyst, shows her flower power with floral trousers and statement earrings.
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Bookfluencer Mickayla Whyte showed up ready to engage fellow festival enthusiasts with newly purchased books in hand.
The Jamaica Book Festival’s inaugural staging of the Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange in partnership with the P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy unfolded vibrantly at the Confucius Institute on Saturday on the grounds of The University of the West Indies, Mona.
Powered by the African Export–Import Bank, the event drew authors, creatives, students, and literary enthusiasts for a dynamic celebration of storytelling in all its forms.
Rich, engaging panel discussions, interactive workshops, live readings, and intimate meet-and-greet sessions afforded festival patrons a dynamic mix of literary exploration and cultural exchange. Patrons turned out in their festival fits, ready for a full day of creative connection.
Something Extra brings you the highlights.