St. Lucia’s Nobel laureate, poet & playwright, Derek Walcott at Nature Island Book Fair
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St. Lucia’s Nobel laureate, poet & playwright, Derek Walcott will be one of the special guests and featured readers at the Nature Island Book Fair & Literary Festival to be held in Dominica from August 8 – 10, 2008 at the UWI Open campus.
The Festival is part of the Reunion 2008 programme to celebrate the 30th. Anniversary of Dominica’s independence, and has been designed to bring Dominican writers together, to enhance their skills and to provide wide exposure to their literary productions. Also carded for the book fair are Marie Elena John, Mervin Morris, Ras Mo and others.