Last Friday, 26th, June 2009, I was invited to facilitate a career guidance workshop at a SERVOL LIfe Centre in Chaguanas in Trinidad. SERVOL provides alternative education for our teens, teaching them a trade (welding etc) and helping with finding on the job training, apprenticeships etc. Island Fiction was a hit as before and Time Swimmer is so culturally relevant RIGHT NOW (see Ch. 1 Time Swimmer) since results for the new SEA exam (once the Common Entrance) were published on Thursday, the day before the workshop, and was/ still is on the tip of every tongue and in the media. Two students in the audience of 45 teenagers (14 to 19) were named Luke and Govinda - just like in the book! It was a stroke of serendipity that I wanted to share - as life, with such moments, authors our delight. It is easy to think that reading aloud for 'children' old enough to grow beards and bear children themselves would be a waste of time - NOT SO! The students were awakened it seemed during t...
Series Editor Island Fiction/ Published children's book author Macmillan-Caribbean, Teaching Librarian - Creativity & The Primary School Teacher