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Caribbean: 2009 Regional Roundup

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 31/12/2009

As Global Voices celebrates its fifth anniversary, the occasion has given us all an opportunity to reflect on why we do what we do and how our work makes a difference.  As my colleague Jillian York so succinctly put it, “We spread stories.  We spread words.”  We manage to ...

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St. Lucia: A Year for the Books

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 28/12/2009

St. Lucia's Caribbean Book Blog reflects on 2009 as “a year that surely has to go down as one of the most disruptive and transformational periods in the world publishing industry.”

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Hungary: Dunakeszi Marsh Rally; Slam Poetry

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 24/12/2009

Belatedly, links to Marietta Le's posts on a recent environmental rally against construction that would destroy the Dunakeszi marsh, and on the Hungarian slam poetry.

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Japan: Peace picture books

Posted by Scilla Alecci on 19/12/2009

The pacifist association called Peace Picture Books [ja, en] published online their last story titled Evil & Punishment: psychology of punishment [en].On the same website it`s possible to read picture books by different illustrators.

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St. Lucia: Considering the Blind

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 14/12/2009

As new technology makes e-books accessible for the blind, St. Lucia's Caribbean Book Blog says: “It remains to be seen how the Caribbean will be able to justify the blind among us being left behind in the global quest for economic empowerment and basic human dignity.”

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