
The event, according to a press release from Government Information Service (GIS) today, May 17, 2023, is a collaboration with the Department of Culture and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Virgin Islands Study Programme and seeks to promote the work of authors in the Virgin Islands.
Deputy Director of Culture Ms Anne Lennard stated that the department encourages the promotion of events such as these, to advance literary arts in the Virgin Islands.
Ms Lenard said, “The support of local authors has always been a priority for the Department of Culture. We are thrilled that Ms Janice Nibbs has been able to gather the support of her fellow authors to stage such a showcase of eight authors and their literary talent.”
“Congratulations are extended to the authors who will be featured at this event,” Ms Lennard said. She added, “We encourage all schools, educators and the public to come out and support this one-of-a-kind event."
Janice George-Harris, who recently
launched ‘Little Hill Stories’, a book which is a journey to the 1950s
and the boyhood days of Roosevelt George, left, in North Sound, a
traditional village of Virgin Gorda, in the Virgin Islands, will be
among the 8 local authors at the Book Tour and Extravaganza on Virgin
Gorda on Thursday, May 18, 2023.