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Dennis Jones is a Jamaican-born international economist, who has lived most of the time in the UK and USA, and latterly in Guinea, west Africa. He moved back to the Caribbean in 2007. This blog contains his observations on life on this small eastern Caribbean island, as well as views on life and issues on a broader landscape, especially the Caribbean and Africa.

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Book Launch: Cave Shepherd, Worthing: March 18, 2010; 4pm

A new children's book, Brown Sugar and Spice, written by Betty Peter and illustrated by Alison Antrobus, will be launched this Thursday 4.00pm at Cave Shepherd, Worthing. Betty Peter is the younger sister of Peggy Antrobus; Alison is Peggy Antrobus' daughter.

Also on the schedule will be appearances on CBC and readings to school children at various schools. See tentative schedule below:

Wednesday 17th March 5.45am CBC Morning Show

Wednesday 17th March 10.00am Codrington School

Thursday 18th March 1.30pm St.Gabriel's School

Friday 19th March 1.15pm St. Angela's

A brief summary of the book is available at the Repeating Islands website,
http://repeatingislands.com/2009/12/15/new-book-betty-peters-brown-sugar-and-spice/, which reads as follows:

'Brown Sugar and Spice, a new children’s book that highlights Caribbean history, was launched today (December 15, 2009) in Trinidad. The book was written by Betty Peter and it targets 9 to 14-year-olds. With a great sense of humor and adventure, Brown Sugar and Spice explores colonial days, war (World War II), and illness as seen through the eyes of a young girl, Harriet'.

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