Programme
Alliouagana Festival of the Word
Cultural Centre, Little Bay
Programme
Pre-Festival Event
Thursday November 10, 2011 Conference Room, Cultural Centre
6.00 pm Viewing of Exhibition Alphonsus ‘Arrow’ Cassell: His Life and Legacy
6.30 pm 2nd Symposium in the Alphonsus ‘Arrow’ Cassell Memorial Lecture Series under the
theme “Creative Industries: Forces for Change, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
Feature Address “The Business of Music” by Ivan Berry, Manager, iB
Entertainment and BeatFactory Record Label
Presentations; Discussions; Entertainment
Friday November 11, 2011
Authors visit schools between 10 am and 3 pm.
6:00 pm Registration (Music and Treasure Hunt)
Viewing of Exhibitions and Stalls at the Cultural Centre
Reception for Authors and Visitors hosted by HE The Governor Adrian Davis
and Mrs. Davis
8.00 pm Grand Opening Ceremony
Book Launch: Professor Howard Fergus (Poems from Behind God Back)
Africana Fashions Batik and Tie-Dye Show (Part 1)
Entertainment by Dance Excel
Africana Fashions Batik and Tie-Dye Show (Part 2)
Book Launch: Jo-Annah Richards (The Ill Concepts of the Caribbean Woman)
Prize-Giving Ceremony for Creative-writing Competition
10.00 pm Music with Scrappy and the Band 39.6. (Auditorium) $20 Entrance Fee
Saturday November 12, 2011
6.00 am Opportunity for Hikes, Bird Watching; Island Tours, Volcano Viewing etc.
9.00 am Ian Thomson Life-Writing Workshop
10.00 am Ian Thomson Reading and Signing
11.00 noon Speakers’ Corner (Conference Room)
- Dr. Clarice Barnes reading from Charmaine Riley’s Eye Opener
- Montserrat Volcano Observatory presents new publication Island of Fire
- Predencia Dixon performs poems from her collection RAW Volumes 1 and 2.
- Loretta Collins-Klobah reading from her recently published book of poems The Twelve Foot Neon Woman
12:30 noon Open Mic & MVO Creative Writing Competition Presentation (Lobby)
2.00 pm David Elliott Wild Words Poetry Workshop for Children and Adults
3.00 pm David Elliott Reading and Signing
4.00 pm Olive Senior Finding a Voice in Poetry Workshop
5.30 pm Olive Senior Reading and Signing
8.00 pm Dramatic Performance with Richardo Keens-Douglas “Time to Laugh”. (Auditorium) Tickets: EC$25 Adults; EC$10 Children under 15 yrs old.
Sunday November 13, 2011
6.00 am Opportunity for Hikes, Bird Watching; Island Tours, Volcano Viewing etc.
7.00 am Church Services
8.00 am Remembrance Sunday Event including the laying of wreaths in honour of war dead. Memorial Gardens, Little Bay opposite the Public Market
9.00 am Harvest Thanksgiving Services at Judy Piece Methodist Church and St. James Anglican in Salem. (Both Churches will have their Cantata at 4.30 pm)
11.00 am Treasure Hunt for Adults and Children (Cultural Centre)
12.00 noon Book Lovers’ Parade
1.30 pm Open Mic
2.30 pm Can You Fix My Child? Parenting Workshop with Predencia Dixon
4.00 pm Kyoko Mori Writing from MemoryWorkshop
5.30 pm Kyoko Mori Reading and Signing
6.30 pm David Edgecombe presents Obeah in Old Story Time: An Interactive Discussion”
Olive SeniorFinding a Voice in Poetry Workshop