30 poets to participate in islandwide school tour promoting literacy

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Approximately 30 poets will visit schools across Jamaica from November 2 to 13 as part of the ninth annual Jamaica Poets Nomadic College and School Tour, which will be officially launched on Monday at the Dennis Scott Studio Theatre at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.

The initiative, being held under the theme “Reaching Out with Resilience”, will use poetry and storytelling to engage students, promote creative expression and support literacy development.

This year’s staging follows a series of poetry readings and literary workshops in the United Kingdom by the organisation’s founder, Malachi Smith, and fellow Jamaican author and poet Judith Falloon-Reid, who engaged British students during Black History Month in October.