Bermuda Born Author Publishes “I Can Fly”

Inspired during her daily walks about her property as she watched birds singing and playing together, Bermuda born author Judith Nell Taylor-Dill presents her book titled, “I Can Fly!”. “I Can Fly!” is a story about a young bluebird who learns that being disobedient can likely lead to trouble, physical pain and even heartache. Main [...]

‘Tea With Tracey’ Author’s New Book

The author of the popular expatriate survival guide to Bermuda, “Tea With Tracey”, has published a new book. Tracey Caswell’s second book, “Twelve Nights With Tracey”, chronicles a very different adventure than her story of relocating to Bermuda — but displays the same humour and upbeat style with 68 pictures as well. Focusing on her [...]

Upcoming: Children’s Reading Festival

The Bermuda Youth Library will be celebrating the joy of books at the Children’s Reading Festival on Saturday [Mar. 31]. From 9.30am until 4pm, the event will feature story times, music, face-painting, crafts, and games. With mascot Libro Lion on hand, this is for children of all ages with a “Book Babies” session at 9.30 [...]

Videos: Author On Deadly Bermuda Voyage

Surviving a life-threatening situation does not have to drastically change a person’s life as a Massachusetts author discovered interviewing survivors of an ill-fated voyage from Connecticut to Bermuda for his bestseller “Overboard!” On May 16 author Michael J. Tougias  will give a slide lecture at the Holmes Library in Halifax on the doomed voyage of the [...]

Bermuda To Honour Mary Prince’s Legacy

The legacy of Bermudian slave Mary Prince — whose historic 1831 book [pictured] has lost none of its power to either shock or to inspire understanding and reconciliation among peoples — will be celebrated on the island next week. In 2007, the United Nations designated  March 25 as the International Day of Remembrance of the [...]

These Bermudians Have ‘The Write Stuff’

A growing number of Bermudians have what might be called “the write stuff” and are no longer allowing the island’s inherent conservatism to mute their voices. In a major essay in Canada’s online “Numero Cinq” magazine, Saskatchawan-based Bermudian writer Kim Aubrey discusses the  flowering of the island’s literary talent in recent decades. “Whether from within the [...]

Thriller Tries To Solve Sub Mystery

The disappearance of the giant Free French submarine “Surcouf” after she departed Bermuda in 1942 provides the point of departure for a new sailing thriller. American author Christine Kling’s Caribbean novel “Circle of Bones”  is based on one of the most enduring mysteries of World War Two [1939-1945]. The French submarine Surcouf [pictured], once the largest submarine [...]

US Author Pens New Book On Cahow

The story of Bermuda’s cahow — and Dr. David Wingate’s  role in saving the island’s critically endangered national bird — is being told in a new book which will be published later this year. Boston writer Elizabeth Gehrman’s “Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from [...]

Bermuda Poet Feted In Ireland, UK

Bermudian poet Paul Maddern is winning growing acclaim in the UK and Ireland for his “island-flavoured work. Now a Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing at the UK’s University of Leeds, Mr. Maddern recently completed a PhD at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, Queen’s University Belfast. The former Saltus Grammar School student’s work has appeared [...]

Second Nomination For Bermudian’s Novel

“Yesterday’s Tomorrow”,  the debut novel about debut 2011 romantic novel about love and war by Bermudian author Catherine West [pictured], has been nominated for a second international award for Christian-themed literature. On Saturday [Mar.3] the Grace Awards announced Ms West’s novel about a woman journalist covering the Viet Nam War who teams with a silent, brooding photographer with something [...]

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