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Saint Lucia Books Keeps Pages Turning For Island’s 39th Independence Celebrations

Image: The Saint Lucia Books team at this year’s Book Fair at Castries City Hall. [PHOTO: Stan Bishop]

PRESS RELEASE – SAINT LUCIA Books is designed to showcase and guarantee availability to Saint Lucian literary products that are deemed as valuable. Not only as artistic works but as a resource which feeds our pride in being a creative corner of the world, as something that inspires not just present and future Saint Lucians, but citizens of the world and also continues to multiply as we ourselves acknowledge its value.

Image: The Saint Lucia Books team at this year’s Book Fair at Castries City Hall. [PHOTO: Stan Bishop]
The Saint Lucia Books team at this year’s Book Fair at Castries City Hall [PHOTO: Stan Bishop]

Since 2015, Saint Lucia Books has held its annual Book Fair into the Independence celebrations. This year’s programme consists of four various events:

Thursday, February 15 — The book launch of “So Many Islands”, a book written by a variety of authors from the Commonwealth. It was held at the Castries City Hall from 4:00 p.m.

Friday, February 16 — An Online Publishing Seminar featuring A.L. Dawn French, which taught tips and tricks as to how to get published online. The cost: $50.00. Venue: Castries City Hall.

Tuesday, February, 20 — Little Folk Tale by the SALCC Drama Club in collaboration with Bamboo Productions and Saint Lucia Books. This event is mainly for school students. It begins at 1:00 p.m. at a cost of $10 per person. It will be held at the Castries City Hall.

Friday, February 23 — A Little Folk Tale Cocktail by the SALCC Drama Club in collaboration with Bamboo Productions and Saint Lucia Books. This event is for the general public. It begins at 7:00 p.m. at a cost of $35 per person. It will be held at the Castries City Hall.

We’re proud to be a part of St. Lucia’s 39th Independence celebrations and look forward to continuing the celebrations during the years to come.

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