Today, July 12, is observed across the region as Caribbean Literature Day. Several organisations, institutions, publishers, book stores, literary and performing groups will be celebrating and promoting the literature written by Caribbean writers and published anywhere in the world in many different ways.
A release from the University of Guyana said that Caribbean Literature Day was first proposed at the annual St Martin Book Fair in the shared Dutch and French island of Sint Maarten/St Martin on June 6, 2020. At that event, the Caribbean region was urged to “Celebrate the day by reading the works of your favourite Caribbean authors; buying Caribbean books, published in the Caribbean and beyond, and by Caribbean authors; and presenting Caribbean books as gifts”.
