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15/11/2025

Understanding Jamaica’s Natural Hazards │ One Map at a Time

The Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica by Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr and Rafi Ahmad remains a vital resource for anyone interested in the island’s vulnerability to earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and landslides.

This expertly designed atlas:
• Explores Jamaica’s physical geography
• Breaks down the nation’s most common natural hazards
• Features parish-by-parish maps showing localized hazard models

Whether for planning, research, education, or community preparedness, this atlas remains an essential tool for understanding Jamaica’s environmental risks.

🔗 Available from The University of the West Indies Press: https://www.uwipress.com/9789766402594/natural-hazards-atlas-of-jamaica/

13/11/2025

Exploring the Rhythm of Caribbean Storytelling

In A Poetics of Performance: The Oral-Scribal Aesthetic in Anglophone Caribbean Fiction, Carol Bailey examines how Caribbean oral traditions such as calypso, reggae, and storytelling shape and energize the region’s prose fiction.

From Earl Lovelace and Merle Collins to Marlon James and Colin Channer, Bailey reveals how writers draw on performance, rhythm, and voice to create a uniquely Caribbean literary identity.

This ground-breaking work highlights the deep connection between oral culture and written art, showing how Caribbean literature continues to dance to the beat of its own stories.

🔗 Available from The University of the West Indies Press: https://www.uwipress.com/9789766404956/a-poetics-of-performance/ or visit our office, located on The UWI, Mona Campus, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Available in print and digital.

11/11/2025

Honouring Caribbean Stories this Remembrance Day

As we pause to remember those who served and sacrificed during times of war, we also honour the often-overlooked Caribbean experiences that shaped the global conflict.

📘 World War II and the Caribbean by Karen E. Eccles and Debbie McCollin (eds.)
A powerful collection that reveals how the war transformed Caribbean societies economically, politically, and culturally, while highlighting the region’s pivotal contributions to the Allied effort.

📗 World War II Camps in Jamaica by Suzanne Francis Brown
A compelling account of Jamaica as both refuge and detention centre for evacuees, refugees, internees, and POWs during WWII, shedding light on a significant but under-recognized chapter of our history.

This Remembrance Day, we reflect on these stories of resilience, displacement, duty, and shared sacrifice.

Explore these important works at www.uwipress.com or visit our office, located on The UWI, Mona Campus, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

10/11/2025

Ready to Take Caribbean Business Beyond Borders?

Unlock the strategies behind Caribbean firms that dared to go global in Beyond Sun and Sea: International Strategy and Entrepreneurship in Caribbean Firms by Maxine Garvey and Gordon Shirley.

Through 15 real-world case studies, this book reveals how regional companies, ranging from food manufacturing to finance, shipping, tourism, and rum production, navigate international markets, scale beyond small domestic economies, and compete across more than 30 countries.

Learn from the decision-makers at GraceKennedy, Goddard’s Enterprises, Trinidad Cement Group, and others as they confront the big questions:
✅ How do small firms scale up?
✅ How do we tap into diaspora markets?
✅ Where should a Caribbean headquarters be located?
✅ How do we choose allies and manage alliances?

Whether you're a manager, entrepreneur, researcher, or student of international business, this book offers hands-on insights into global strategy from a uniquely Caribbean perspective.

📘 Take your business thinking to the next level.

🔗 Available from The University of the West Indies Press: https://www.uwipress.com/9789766405106/beyond-sun-and-sea/ or visit our office, located on The UWI, Mona Campus, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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07/11/2025

Step back in time with Charles Hyatt!

What was it like to grow up in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1930s?

In When Me Was a Boy, the beloved actor and storyteller Charles Hyatt recalls his boyhood with humour, heart, and vivid detail.

From tramcars and horse-drawn buggies to playful mischief and neighbourhood adventures, Hyatt captures a Jamaica that’s both familiar and long gone, full of laughter, lessons, and life.

✨ A timeless classic of Jamaican storytelling, rich in history, memory, and joy.

🔗 Available from The University of the West Indies Press: https://www.uwipress.com/9789766402020/when-me-was-a-boy/ or visit our office, located on The UWI, Mona Campus, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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06/11/2025

📢 NOW AVAILABLE!

Caribbean Journal of Mixed Methods Research (Open Access)
Volume 4 | June 2025

The latest volume of the Caribbean Journal of Mixed Methods Research is here. Advancing discussions on how mixed methods matter in addressing complex social realities across the region and beyond.

This issue features insights from the Fourth Regional Mixed Methods Conference, held in Trinidad and Tobago, July 10–12, 2023, under the theme: “Mixed Methods Matter! Charting the Course Towards Full(er) Integration.”

With contributions from leading researchers, including Professors Tony Onwuegbuzie, John Hitchcock, and Loraine D. Cook, this volume continues to showcase the power of MMR to deepen understanding and drive impactful research.

📘 Explore the articles (five drawn from conference presentations) and join the regional MMR community.

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05/11/2025

A to Z of Industrial Relations in the Caribbean Workplace by George J. Phillip and Benthan H. Hussey offers practical strategies for managing key workplace issues, from absenteeism and strikes to productivity and wage compensation.

Emphasizing mutual trust between managers and workers, this essential guide explores the shift toward conciliation and alternative dispute resolution in the Caribbean context. Drawing on real cases from Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, it’s an invaluable resource for practitioners, managers, and scholars alike.

Build understanding. Foster cooperation. Strengthen the Caribbean workplace.

🔗Available from UWI Press: https://www.uwipress.com/9789768125835/a-to-z-of-industrial-relations-in-the-caribbean-workplace/ or visit our office, located on The UWI, Mona Campus, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Available in print and digital.

04/11/2025

From Oral to Literate Culture: Colonial Experience in the English West Indies
by Peter A. Roberts

How did the Caribbean move from an oral tradition to a literate culture, and what did that transformation mean for society, power, and identity?

Peter A. Roberts explores the complex journey from the first English settlements to the era of Emancipation, tracing how language, education, and communication shaped the foundations of West Indian society.

With its rich interdisciplinary perspective, this classic study examines literacy as both a tool of progress and a marker of privilege within the plantation system.

A landmark work in Caribbean intellectual and cultural history.

🔗 https://www.uwipress.com/9789766400378/from-oral-to-literate-culture/ or visit our office, located on The UWI, Mona Campus, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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03/11/2025

Let us take another look at The Journal of Caribbean History, Volume 59: 1

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Dive into original, peer-reviewed research exploring the rich and complex history of the Caribbean and its mainland territories of North, Central, and South America.

🗓️ Published twice yearly (June and December) by the University of the West Indies Press.

📝 Perfect for scholars, students, and anyone passionate about Caribbean history.

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02/11/2025

Honoring the Life of Beryl McBurine on her Birthday📚✨

Born in Trinidad, Beryl McBurnie danced her way from New York’s stages back to her island home, where she helped shape a nation’s cultural identity. From her research into African-rooted Caribbean dances to the founding of the Little Carib Theatre, McBurnie’s story is one of vision, resilience, and art in motion.

Available in print, digital, and audio.

🔗 https://www.uwipress.com/9789766406783/beryl-mcburnie/

31/10/2025

Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by Hurricane Melissa. As a community that tells stories and preserves history, we stand in solidarity with those impacted.

Together, we will rebuild stronger and continue to write new chapters of hope and resilience.

30/10/2025

Global Change and the Caribbean continues to spark important conversations about how the region responds to global environmental and social challenges.

As the fifth volume in UWI Press’s acclaimed series on geographical and cognate research in the Caribbean, this work explores how global warming, population growth, and globalization are reshaping the region and how communities are building resilience and adaptation strategies in response.

Featuring original empirical research and grounded regional perspectives, this volume remains essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers committed to sustainable Caribbean futures.

🔗 Explore the series: https://www.uwipress.com/9789766406004/global-change-and-the-caribbean/