Category: Caribbean
Jamaica’s Intellectual Property Week 2025 – A Celebration of Creativity and Copyright in Publishing
For book publishers, copyright is the cornerstone of our business model. It ensures that authors and publishers are fairly compensated – well, compensated, anyway – for their creative efforts, enabling them to continue producing high-quality content.
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Cuba – South Africa is Guest of Honour at the Havana International Book Fair
Apartheid ended in the early 1990s, meaning that for younger TNPS readers, the names of Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela may be as meaningless as Jose Marti. A reminder of the importance of publishing in keeping history alive for future generations.
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Costa Rica’s 3rd Bookafest set for Feb 1-2
Like all self-respecting book fairs and festivals nowadays, Bookafest has a professionals element ,“Publishers’ Forum,” where industry leaders can discuss trends and network.
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Costa Rica Literary Projects 2025
PublishNewsEs has the list of literary projects that will be supported by the Colegio de Costa Rica, part of the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture and Youth.
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Jamaica Book Festival – December 7
Jamaica Book Festival 2024
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The Dominican Republic’s 26th Santo Domingo International Book Fair kicks off November
FILSD23 was marred by protests and calls for a boycott, because Israel was lined up as Guest of Honour, at a time when the Palestine crisis was still daily news, not a reporting afterthought.
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Haiti – 30th Livres en Folie, delayed due to civil unrest, has just finished
The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) reported 3,884 killings and injuries related to gang violence in the first six months of the year.
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Dominican Republic – nominations are open for the Eduardo León Jimenes Book Fair National Award.
The 25th Santo Domingo International Book Fair.
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Dominican Republic – IPA “extremely concerned” at nationalisation of text book production
“High-quality educational resources can’t be improvised, they take years of investment to...
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Costa Rica International Book Fair underway in San José
Organised by the Costa Rican Book Chamber (CCL), the fair is a public-facing event. Spanning nine...
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Honduras International Book Fair wraps up in Tegucigalpa
Sadly the only coverage I could find of FIL Honduras this year was highly-politicised reportage...
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Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo International Book Fair’s tech-savvy shine is tarnished by boycott calls as Israel’s prepares to be GoH
Other attractions suggest for all its political stagnation the Dominican Republic is not being...
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