Within the next few days or weeks, there will be a “significant evolution” of the Caribbean Press, according to executive editor Dr. David Dabydeen.
Dabydeen made the comments on Wednesday at the Umana Yana during the launching of 20 Guyana Classics published by the Press. There have been calls over the past weeks for public accountability, not just in relation to the Press’ finances, but also the selection process for the publication of books. A public debate erupted after local writer Ruel Johnson raised the question of why the Press had published a book by Ashley Anthony, the 13-year-old daughter of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony, and asked what criteria were used to decide on the publication of the book and who had made the decision.
It was later revealed that the minister had paid the publishing and shipping costs for the publication while executive editor of the Press Dr Dabydeen later said that he was so taken by the literary quality of the girl’s work that he suggested it should be published. In an earlier interview with
