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St. Martin Book Fair 2025: the 22nd edition ran 5-7 June under the theme 'Redefining'
The 22nd St. Martin Book Fair ran from 5 to 7 June 2025, opening at the Belair Community Center, with a Poetry Garden evening at the Collectivité in Marigot on 6 June.
By SXM Daily ·
Reported 5 June 2025.
The 22nd St. Martin Book Fair ran from Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 June 2025 under the theme "Redefining", according to Le Pélican and the fair's announcement published by Soualiga Newsday. All activities were free and open to the public.
Photo: giggel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, illustrative
Both sides of the island
The opening ceremony on 5 June was held at the Belair Community Center in Cay Hill, with a keynote by Dr. Dannabang Kuwabong, a professor of Caribbean and women's literature. On Friday 6 June, the Collectivité de Saint-Martin hosted its Poetry Garden evening in the Collectivité garden in Marigot, with St. Martin poet Lasana M. Sekou as guest of honour, Le Pélican reported.
Writers and new books
Festival coordinator Shujah Reiph said at least six new books published in St. Martin that year would be launched at the fair. Returning guests included Martinican novelist Nicole Cage, and first-time authors included St. Martin's Roseann Rumnit and Anguillan graphic novelist Serena Connor.
Sources
- https://www.lepelican-journal.com/lov3-days-salon-du-livre-fish-day-boxe-le-programme-du-week-end/
- https://www.soualiganewsday.com/index.php?id=61583%3Athe-22nd-annual-st-martin-book-fair-set-for-june-5%E2%80%937%2C-2025&option=com_k2&view=item
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