New and returning authors, educators, artists, journalists, filmmakers, poets, historians, culture bearers, technologists, public officials and others from the Virgin Islands community, the Caribbean region and around the globe celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair that began on Thursday and ran through Sunday.
Activities took place at the University of the Virgin Islands Albert A. Sheen campus on St. Croix and in the community, all under the theme of “Legacies: Reckoning and Resilience,” which is also the theme of Volume 38 of The Caribbean Writer, currently being prepped for publication.
The full program of events can be reviewed here. The livestream recordings can be watched on the festival’s Facebook page.
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