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St. Martin Book Fair marked its 20th edition under the theme 'Rebirth' in 2022
The St. Martin Book Fair held its 20th edition from 2 to 4 June 2022 under the theme 'Rebirth', with about 35 invited authors and Barbados' David Comissiong as keynote speaker.
By SXM Daily ·
Reported 1 June 2022.
The St. Martin Book Fair marked its 20th edition in June 2022 under the theme "Rebirth", Faxinfo reported. The first fair was held in 2003.
Illustrative: The Courthouse on Front Street, Philipsburg. Photo: Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
The fair opened on Thursday 2 June in the garden of the Government Administration Building in Philipsburg, with the University of St. Martin among its partners, according to Faxinfo, which said 35 authors were invited. Caribbean Today put the figure at more than 35 authors, with about 10 new books, and reported that David Comissiong, Barbados' Ambassador to CARICOM, was the keynote speaker.
Writers from Anguilla were among those taking part in the three-day event, The Anguillian reported.
Sources
- https://faxinfo.fr/en/litterature-la-foire-du-livre-souffle-ses-20-bougies/
- https://caribbeantoday.com/sections/books/barbados-ambassador-david-comissiong-to-be-keynote-speaker-at-st-martin-book-fair-2022
- https://theanguillian.com/2022/06/anguillian-writers-participate-in-st-martins-annual-book-fair/
Source: https://faxinfo.fr/en/litterature-la-foire-du-livre-souffle-ses-20-bougies/
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