10 am – 11:30 am

Three Jamaicas

Staceyann Chin

The Most Hon. Edward Seaga, O.N.

Anthony Winkler

Memoirs of life in Jamaica from three internationally famous people. The island’s motto is “Out of many, one people.” Should we add, “and many points of view”?

Noon – 1:00 pm

The Chatterbox presents

Paul Holdengräber

Pico Iyer

Two of the best raconteurs on the planet talk about almost everything, including Iyer’s talks and travels with the Dalai Lama.

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Break / Open Mike

Anyone reading whatever for two minutes.

Jamaican Idyll.

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Generation Now

Joseph Boyden

Laura Fish

Marlon James

Fiction from three of the most exciting younger voices in literature today.

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Life Sentence

Selwyn Cudjoe

Patrick French

Rachel Manley

The inner lives of politicians and artists explored by three writers who combine intrepidness with literary style.

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Break / Open Mike

Anyone reading whatever for two minutes.

Jamaican Idyll.

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Love in the Time of Obama

George Lamming

Melvin Van Peebles

Helon Habila

What’s the state of passion today? The creative imagination? The will to get things done? Change the world? Award-winning poet and playwright Kwame Dawes will try to keep order as these questions are pondered by erudite contrarians.

10:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Bi-Textuals

Geoffrey Philp

Terese Svoboda

Xu Xi

Switch hitters showing their skills in different forms. Poetry/fiction. Fiction/poetry. Essay/fiction. Swingers have more fun.

Midnight – 3 am

CalaClash: The Full Hundred

Colin Channer

Mutabaruka

Special Guest Selector

A poet, a novelist
and a special guest selecting music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Showdown in the food court. Reeewiiiiiind!