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We’re excited to be heading to Italy as the Caribbean delegation for 🙌🏾Our work is very big on community and we’d love ...
08/04/2026

We’re excited to be heading to Italy as the Caribbean delegation for 🙌🏾

Our work is very big on community and we’d love to extend an exclusive invitation to Caribbean nationals in that region to attend and support us.

Please submit your interest by Friday, April 10 to [email protected]

Here’s some breaking news in celebration of International Children’s Book Day! The Jamaica Book Festival (JBF), with gen...
02/04/2026

Here’s some breaking news in celebration of International Children’s Book Day!

The Jamaica Book Festival (JBF), with generous support from the (BCBF), the ITA - Italian Trade Agency (ITA), and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), will lead the first-ever official Caribbean Collective delegation to the 2026 Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy from April 13-16.

BCBF is the world’s largest international gathering dedicated to children’s publishing, illustration, rights, licensing and multimedia content. The Caribbean delegation will include JBF Founder and Director Latoya West-Blackwood (Jamaica), Delvin Howell of Barbados-based Beyond Publishing Caribbean , and Jeunanne Alkins of Trinidad and Tobago-based Everything Slight Pepper (Publisher of the Bright Eyed brand) .

Book a meeting if you’ll be at and want to connect.

Stay tuned for more details!

25/03/2026

A fork as a bookmark? Sophia clearly moves differently 🍴📖

We asked readers at ACLE about the strangest thing they’ve ever used as a bookmark, and Sophia’s answer was definitely unexpected. One could say she devours her favourite reads 😂

This proves that when saving the page matters, anything can rise to the occasion.

24/03/2026

A random object as a bookmark? Not on 's watch.

Asked the weirdest thing she’s ever used as a bookmark, her answer made one thing very clear: she would much rather find an actual bookmark... or bend the page if she must.

Some readers improvise. Others have standards.

23/03/2026

Asked to describe the outfit as a book genre, the answer reached beyond style alone 🌿📖

With African and Arawak influence at the centre of the response, this one made it clear that style can tell its own story too.

A lovely little ACLE moment, and a reminder that the stories people wear can be just as interesting as the ones they read.

22/03/2026

Two authors. Two lines. One participant doing her best to take it from there 😄📚

There is something especially fun about watching the moment between hearing a line and deciding how to finish it. Even when the wording takes its own path, the laughter and recognition come through clearly.

A lovely little ACLE moment, full of personality and good spirit.

20/03/2026

A paper bag as a bookmark? Honestly… resourceful. 😂📖

We asked readers at the Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange one simple question: what’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark? After some thought Kevin gave his surprising response, a paper bag!

Turns out, when the page matters enough, anything can become a bookmark.

19/03/2026

Asked to describe her outfit as a book genre, her answer was Afro Urban Romance.

And honestly, she made the case for it beautifully. From summer love to chic Black girl energy, the response had a softness and confidence that made the whole thing feel vivid from the start.

It was one of many moments that showed how the Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange extended beyond the page, with style, imagination, and personality all becoming part of the story.

17/03/2026

A line from Patsy, read aloud by Nicole Dennis-Benn, and the participant picks it up from there. 📖✨

The response takes its own wording, but the meaning lands so well that the whole moment opens up into laughter and smiles. There is something especially nice about watching that kind of exchange happen between a writer and a reader.

A really lovely moment from

Happy to our amazing bookish women and friends of the festival ❤️
08/03/2026

Happy to our amazing bookish women and friends of the festival ❤️

THANK YOU! Our team at the Jamaica Book Festival is grateful for all the support we received for the inaugural Africa Ca...
03/03/2026

THANK YOU!

Our team at the Jamaica Book Festival is grateful for all the support we received for the inaugural Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange.

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