Sunday 28 January 2024

FROM THE LAND OF THE HUMMING BIRD

COMMEMORATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY

FROM THE LAND OF THE HUMMING BIRD

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Save The Date! From January 23rd to March 9th, 2024. Stollmeyer's Castle Killarney is hosting a special exhibition celebrating Peter Minshall’s revelatory 1974 Carnival presentation, “From the Land of the Hummingbird”.

The show is open Tuesday to Friday, 9–5, and Saturday, 10–2; January 23 to March 9 at Castle Killarney.

Admission is free. Suitable for all ages. For groups larger than 10, please schedule visits by emailing castlekillarneytt@gmail.com or calling/WhatsApp 1 868 798 5574 for more information.

Co-curated by Kathryn Chan and Austin Fido, the exhibition is presented by Baachacs Collective in association with the Minshall Mas Foundation, with special thanks to the Frank and Myrtle Cleghorn Foundation for seed financing and the partnership of Castle Killarney (Stollmeyer’s Castle).

[Frank and Myrtle Cleghorn are the deceased parents of Trinidad- born Dr. Farley Cleghorn, an infectious disease specialist living in Washington, and who has been involved in great humanitarian work..]

The organizers also thank the National Carnival Commission, the Carnival Institute, and the National Archives for their kind support of the project.

Also most grateful to Francis Lau Construction Company Ltd, Jimmy Aboud, and Company Ltd, The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, Angostura Ltd, and Business Supply Group Ltd for their sponsorship.

FOR FULL DETAILS, CHECK THIS WEBSITE. CLICK HERE

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HUMMING BIRD MAGAZINE II: Second Issue

REVENGE OF ZEEKS FIVE-BOOK SERIES

Revenge of Zeeka five book series is a futuristic horror mystery thriller series about zombies and their clever Mastermind Zeeka. .A zika virus outbreak is the start of the island's troubles. Twenty years later terror stalks the mystic island of Gosh. It’s the year 2036, and it’s a high-tech world. Dr. Raynor Sharpe had a vision of zombie-like men with small heads walking on the beach. Was he dreaming or was it a reality? The woman he secretly loves, Janet Jones, is engaged to another man and is sleeping in the next room. hy is she there? Reviewers have compared this futuristic series to Frankenstein, Twilight Zone, and Shakespeare’s plays; and some have said it is movie material. This series written by Brenda Mohammed is a must-read.

ROMANCE THREE-BOOK SERIES

In this Romance three book series, romance lovers are treated to eighteen unusual, intriguing, suspenseful, and alluring romance stories, intermingled with crime, unhappy marriages, and all the trials and tribulations of love, These stories are written by Trinidadian Author Brenda Mohammed, and some are set on the island of Trinidad and Tobago. STORIES PEOPLE LOVE won two gold awards in Connection Emagazine Readers’ Choice Awards 2019 in romance fiction. HEARTWARMING TALES –A reviewer said that this book contains, Unique stories assuring amusement “ STORIES THAT INTRIGUE – This book received a five-star review from Readers Favorite International.

Four- book Memoir Series

A Four-Book Memoir Series written by Trinidadian Author Brenda Mohammed is set in Trinidad and Tobago. The first book, MY LIFE AS A BANKER, starts with the author's early life and childhood, leading up to her first job which was banking. After a successful banking career spanning several years, Brenda was promoted to a senior managerial position. In her memoir, RETIREMENT IS FUN, which is a sequel to My Life as a Banker - A Life Worth Living, Brenda describes her many wonderful experiences at the end of her banking career. Reluctant to move on from banking, she amazes herself when she turned down an offer to work in a higher position at another bank. She chose Insurance instead, and for her, it turned out to be the better choice. Of course, life is not a bed of roses, and in the book I AM CANCER FREE, you will read how Brenda stands out as a beacon of light throughout every challenge she faces. In her pictorial travel book of priceless memories, TRAVEL MEMOIRS WITH PICTURES, she describes countries visited, and the wonderful times she and her family had on their tourist trips. Lovers of Memoirs will love these books.

BREAK THE SILENCE: TWO BOOK SERIES (2 book series)

BREAK THE SILENCE: POEMS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: TWO BOOK SERIES is a compilation of poems by International poets who have at some time or the other suffered or witnessed physical, emotional, financial, or other types of abuses in the home, or at the hands of other perpetrators. They have spoken up, and risen from the darkness into light. The Introduction by Brenda Mohammed, Founder of the Literature Forum How to Write for Success throws some light on how these Anthologies were born. The feature article in Volume One, by the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago, Right Reverend Joy Abdul – Mohan gives her Biblical views. It is the hope of the prolific poets that these books will save the lives of many who are undergoing such brutal attacks from so-called loved ones

A SPARK OF HOPE:: A Treasury of Poems for Saving Lives (3 book series)

A SPARK OF HOPE is a series of three books of poems to prevent suicide. The poems within A Spark of Hope are therapeutic, and some have already saved lives. This treasury of poems is intended to ignite a Spark of Hope in someone who has lost the will to live. A Spark of Hope is meant to give hope where there is none. The aim of the series is to encourage us to appreciate and value life as a precious gift. We can change the things we wish and accept the ones we cannot change. The Series is a collection of hopeful poems, by international poets, both acclaimed and some lesser-known. These poems call us to the plight of the downtrodden, and victims without hope. They force us to reach deep down within ourselves and retrieve a spark of hope to share, and bring a bit of comfort to those who need it most. Sometimes, all it takes is a spark of hope.

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