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JAMAICA BARBADOS TRINIDAD & TOBAGO OPEN CAMPUS

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MISSION STATEMENT

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chair Mr Archibald Campbell, Director of Finance and University Bursar Professor Andrew Downes, Cave Hill Representative Mrs Valerie Facey, Private Sector, Jamaica Mrs Luz Longworth, Open Campus Representative Mrs Beverly Pereira, University Counsel Mrs Beverly Smith-Hinkson, Private Sector, Barbados Mr Errol Simms, St Augustine Representative

The University of the West Indies Presss mission is to be the premier scholarly book publisher in the Caribbean, to

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enhance and encourage research and publication of Caribbean scholarship, to promote the global reputation of the University of the West Indies by empowering the scholarly community it serves, and to disseminate Caribbean scholarship to the world within a cost-effective environment.

Nadine Buckland, Finance Manager Jean Honeyghan, Publishing Assistant Jodie McBean, Accounting Officer Donna Muirhead, Marketing and Sales Manager Karen Smith, Marketing and Sales Assistant Linda Speth, General Manager Herleth Thompson, Accounting Clerk

CONTENTS

Executive Summary / 4 Books and Journals Published / 5 Caribbean Publishing Networks / 11 Conferences, Lectures and Exhibits / 13 Book Launches, Readings and Signings / 16 Scholarly and Media Book Reviews / 17 Print and Electronic Advertising / 19 Print and Electronic Catalogues and Flyers / 25 Miscellaneous Publicity / 26 Conclusion / 29

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During 20102011, the Press generated net revenues of J$18 million; planned and implemented the Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony; published fifty-three peer-reviewed books, journals and reprints; had a presence at twenty international and regional conferences, exhibits and lectures; published a fifty-page 20102011 books-in-print catalogue, featuring 282 books; won six industry awards; kept the salary bill to the University Centre current; eliminated the outstanding cash indebtedness to the Centre; achieved a surplus of J$2 million; began developing a long-range strategy to enhance revenue streams and generate electronic products and services; and worked assiduously to achieve the goals of the UWI Press Strategic Plan, 2007 2012, particularly by acquiring books in environmental and health studies, by contributing to a vibrant indigenous publishing industry throughout the Caribbean, by improving our international visibility and our distribution networks, and by quickly and systematically confronting global downturns and their impact on international and local scholarly book sales and taking corrective actions.
Dr The Honourable Tim Gopeesingh, Minister of Education, Trinidad and Tobago, greets Professor Sankat, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal UWI St Augustine and Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal UWI Cave Hill, and chair of the UWI Press Board of Directors.

contributing to a vibrant indigenous

In the report that follows, we have summarized specific Press activities that directly support the goals of the UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012 accepted by the Finance and General Purpose Committee in January 2008. This provides a monitoring device and allows for clear communication with our constituencies as we move to achieve all the goals of the plan by 2012 despite the difficult economic environment.

Strategic Goal 1
Expand and grow publication programme by moving from publishing 35 books and reprints annually to publishing 45 scholarly books and reprints that contribute significantly to furthering intellectual discourse and regional development.

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During 20102011, the Press published twenty new books, three journals and thirty reprints, bringing total publications to fifty-three. Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton On the Treatment and Management of the More Common West-India Diseases, 17501802, edited and annotated by J. Edward Hutson, with a foreword by Henry Fraser, paperback Health Communication in the Caribbean and Beyond: A Reader, edited by Godfrey Steele Cultural DNA: Gender at the Roots of Everyday Life, Diana Fox Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by Martin Munro Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth Century, Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett, with a foreword by Rex Nettleford

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Edward Seaga and the Challenges of Modern Jamaica, Patrick E. Bryan, paperback Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, cloth Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, paperback Bindi: The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women, edited by Roseanne Kanhai British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests and Subversion, 18301962, Kelvin Singh Jamaica in 1687: The Taylor Manuscript at the National Library of Jamaica, David Buisseret, paperback They do as they please: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom after Morant Bay, Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson, cloth They do as they please: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom after Morant Bay, Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson, paperback West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, edited by B.W. Higman and Kathleen E.A. Monteith A History of Money and Banking in Barbados, 16271973, Eric Armstrong, with a foreword by Sir Keith Hunte A Practical Introduction to Econometric Methods: Classical and Modern, Patrick K. Watson and Sonja S. Teelucksingh, paperback The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 17991851, Winston James

Monetary Policy, Central Banking and Economic Performance in the Caribbean, Derick Boyd and Ron Smith Journal of Caribbean History 44, number 1 Journal of Caribbean History 44, number 2 Journal of Caribbean History 45, number 1 The following thirty books were reprinted by traditional means, digitized, or produced as short run digital titles to meet ongoing course demand, to conserve cash and to ensure sufficient stock for academics, students, wholesalers, libraries and our distributor in Jamaica, Kingston Bookshop, Ltd: Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla The George Beckford Papers, edited by George Beckford and Kari Levitt Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History, edited by Armando Lampe Time for Action: Report of the West Indian Commission, Postscript by Sir Shridath Ramphal Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcotts Poetry, Patricia Ismond Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes Natural Research Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, edited by Ivan Goodbody and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 16571834, edited by Karina Williamson

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Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at Risk, edited by Duncan McGregor, David Dodman and David Barker Inside Hillview High School: An Ethnography of an Urban Jamaican School, Hyacinth Evans The Brain Train: Quality Higher Education and Caribbean Development, Hilary McD. Beckles, Anthony Perry, Peter Whiteley Dont Burn Our Bridges: The Case for Owning Caribbean Airlines, Jean S. Holder New Caribbean Thought: A Reader, edited by Brian Meeks and Folke Lindahl The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica, Mordechai Arbell British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests and Subversion, 18301962, Kelvin Singh Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean, Verene A. Shepherd Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History, edited by Armando Lampe The Shaping of the West Indian Church, 14921962, Arthur Charles Dayfoot Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Blacks in Rebellion, Richard Hart Caribbean Theology: Preparing for the Challenges Ahead, edited by Howard Gregory West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, edited by B.W. Higman and Kathleen E.A. Monteith

British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests and Subversion, 18301962, Kelvin Singh Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination, Charles W. Mills A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Isaac Dookhan Manuscript Sources for the History of the West Indies, K.E. Ingram Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 18891980, Learie Luke Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture, edited by Kathleen E.A. Monteith and Glen Richards Natural Research Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean, edited by Ivan Goodbody and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope Research: The Journey from Pondering to Publishing, edited by Serwan M.J. Baban

In addition, the following seventeen titles are in press: Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica, Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr and Rafi Ahmad Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes, William Hillary; edited by J. Edward Hutson and Henry S. Fraser Scientific Principles of Stress, James Mills

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Social Psychological Dynamics, edited by Derek Chadee and Alexsandra Kostic Becoming Belize: A History of an Outpost of Empire Searching for Identity, 15281823, Mavis Campbell Border Crossings: Caribbean Women Writers, edited by Nicole Roberts and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw From Tin Pan to TASPO: Steelband in Trinidad, 19391951, Kim Johnson Proslavery Priest: The Atlantic World of John Lindsay, 17291788, B.W. Higman Paks Britannica: Articles and Interviews with David Dabydeen, Lynne Macedo Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, Lynne Macedo Hope Transformed: A Historical Sketch of the Hope Landscape, St Andrew, Jamaica 16601960, Veront Satchell Anansis Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance, Emily Zobel Marshall Caribbean Heritage, edited by Basil Reid Golokwati: A tidalectics history of our thymes, vol. 1, Kamau Brathwaite Golokwati: A tidalectics history of our thymes, vol. 2, Kamau Brathwaite Love and Power: Caribbean Discourses on Gender, edited by V. Eudine Barriteau Archipelagos of Sound: Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music, edited by Ifeona Fulani

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Strategic Goal 2
Assume a more active role regionally and internationally in the publishing industry. CARIBBEAN PUBLISHING NETWORKS
During 20102011, UWI Press management spent considerable time in supporting, sustaining and promoting the nascent book-publishing industry in the Caribbean. Press management served on the boards of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica; the Caribbean Publishers Network; Caribbean Quarterly and the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies. The Press was also a member of the Caribbean Working Party, the Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency and the Association of American University Presses. Once again, the Press chaired the Biennial BIAJ National Publishing Awards Committee. The Eleventh Biennial BIAJ National Publishing and Writing Awards competition promotes, recognizes and celebrates Jamaican publishing and writing excellence. The BIAJ expanded the award categories and introduced Readers Choice Awards to stimulate public discussion of books and literacy. A remarkable 105 entries were received. In the last three previous competitions, the entries numbered 53, 24, and 35 respectively. A record-breaking $229,790 in entry fees was received, more than twice the amount received in previous competitions. The award competition was held during a week of activities, which included the launch and preview of the Kingston 2012 Book Festival, jointly sponsored by BIAJ and CAPNET.

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A new CAPNET council was elected and given the mandate of reinvigorating the organization. A web page was launched and workshops and a news conference were held with the cooperation of the BIAJ. CAPNET was very active in beginning to develop an extensive application for a European Union culture grant of US$400,000 under the auspices of the ACP-EU. There will be an additional call for grants in 2012.

UWI Press management spent considerable time in supporting, sustaining and promoting the nascent bookpublishing industry in the Caribbean. Press management served on the boards of the Book Industry Association of Jamaica; the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET)

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Strategic Goal 3
Highlight UWIs research internationally, regionally and nationally.

CONFERENCES, LECTURES, EXHIBITS, SALES CALLS, LAUNCHES, CATALOGUES, REVIEWS, AWARDS AND HONOURS
The Press had a presence at twenty conferences, lectures and exhibits in six countries, and undertook sales calls to Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. The two-member Marketing and Sales Department is to be commended for the range and depth of their activities within budget. Mona Academic Conference University of the West Indies Jamaica Frankfurt Book Fair The Eurospan Group Stand Germany Research Day University of the West Indies Jamaica Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics University of the West Indies Barbados

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UWI Press books and authors are showcased at international book fairs, such as the London Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair

The Press had a presence at twenty conferences, lectures and exhibits in six countries, and undertook sales calls to Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States
Orientation for Undergraduate Students University of the West Indies Jamaica Inaugural Rastafari Studies Conference University of the West Indies Jamaica Career Day University of the West Indies Jamaica

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Caribbean Reasonings Conference University of the West Indies Jamaica UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony University of the West Indies Trinidad and Tobago Development Studies Association London, United Kingdom CARICOM and Commonwealth Conference University of the West Indies Jamaica Eleventh Biennial BIAJ National Writing and Publishing Awards Jamaica Twelfth Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies Conference University of the West Indies Jamaica Book Fair University of Technology Jamaica UNITE to End Violence against Women Bureau of Womens Affairs Jamaica

Literary Festival University of Technology Jamaica Social Ethics Seminar St Michaels Theological College Jamaica International Studies Association Canada Canadian Association for African Studies Canada Latin American Studies Association Canada

Opening of the UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, Trinidad & Tobago

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BOOK LAUNCHES, READINGS

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Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Trinidad and Tobago Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Jamaica Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Jamaica Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Trinidad and Tobago Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton, Jamaica The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 17991851, Winston James, Jamaica
Barbara Lalla launches Cascade: A Novel at the UWI Bookshop, Mona campus.

The Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age, Claudette M. Williams, Jamaica Women in Grenadian History, 17831983, Nicole Laurine Phillip, Grenada Export/Import Trends and Economic Development in Trinidad and Tobago, 19191939, Doddridge H.N. Alleyne, with an introduction by Bridget Brereton, Trinidad and Tobago British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests and Subversion, 18301962, Kelvin Singh, Trinidad and Tobago

Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton present a copy of their book Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters to Mike Fennell the President of the Jamaica Olympic Association

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Scholarly reviews in academic journals continue to be an important means of disseminating scholarly information and generating sales to academics and libraries. The Press has seen an increase in its tracked reviews and it will continue to concentrate on emphasizing international review coverage. With refinements in web-based searching, we have also been able to discover Press books reviewed in international journals that had not been previously reported. Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 16571834, edited by Karina Williamson, Oxford Journals (February 2011) Caribbean Culture: Soundings on Kamau Brathwaite, edited by Annie Paul, Caribbean Review of Books (2009) Plantation Jamaica, 17501850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy, B.W. Higman, International Journal of Maritime History 49 (2009) Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis, Journal of Historical Biography (Spring 2009) Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture, B.W. Higman, Journal of Food and Culture 1 (2010) Depression to Decolonization: Barclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies, 19261962, Kathleen E.A. Monteith, Business History Review 84 (2010) Jamaican Place Names, B.W. Higman and B.J. Hudson, NAMES (March 2011) Eric Williams: The Myth and the Man, Selwyn Ryan, History in Action (March 2011)

The Press has seen an increase in its tracked reviews and it will continue to concentrate on emphasizing international review coverage.

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Eric Williams: The Myth and the Man, Selwyn Ryan, Sunday Stabroek News, December 1, 2009 Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, wordpress, January 2, 2011 Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica, Obika Gray, wordpress, May 25, 2010 Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by Martin Munro, SHE Caribbean Magazine Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton, jamaicanliterature.com, November 30, 2010 Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton, Jamaica Observer, January 2, 2011 Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean, Verene Shepherd, sawnet.org (February 2009) The Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age, Claudette M. Williams, Caribbean Quarterly (December 2010) The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taino, edited by Lesley Gail-Atkinson, Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 41 (2011) Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 18891980, Learie Luke, Journal of Caribbean History 44, no. 1 (2010) Lady Nugents Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805, edited by Philip Wright, with a foreword by Verene A. Shepherd, Journal of Caribbean History 44, no. 2 (2010)

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In order to provide more visibility for the University of the West Indies and UWI Press authors, the Press prepared an ad campaign several months ago and the following ads appeared in local and international media.

PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS, JAMAICA

Jamaica Gleaner, November 28, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Jamaica Observer, November 28, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Jamaica Observer, December 4, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Jamaica Gleaner, December 12, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Jamaica Observer, December 12, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton

PRINT AND ELECTRONIC ADVERTISEMENTS, BAKER & TAYLOR, NORTH AMERICA

Baker & Taylor (B&T) is the number one supplier of paper and digital books to domestic and international libraries and has been in operation for over 180 years. It accounts for 80 per cent of UWI Press book sales in the North American market each year. B&T primarily serves two types of

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markets. Its core business distributes books, videos, and music, and provides value-added services to thousands of school, public, and specialty libraries worldwide. The firms retail unit supplies storefront and Internet book and music retailers, as well as independent booksellers, with a million book titles and about 385,000 DVD and CD titles (www.btol.com, retrieved April 5, 2011).

FRONTLIST ADVERTISMENTS
Baker & Taylor Publishers Profile, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Baker & Taylor Homepage Feature, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Baker & Taylor Publishers Profile, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla Baker & Taylor Homepage Feature, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by Martin Munro Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E. H. Griffith, cloth Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E. H. Griffith, paperback

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BACKLIST ADVERTISEMENTS
Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures, Maureen Warner-Lewis The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and the World, Mervyn C. Alleyne Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica, Obika Gray Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas, Alvin O. Thompson Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica, Donna P. Hope In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 175086, Douglas Hall Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing, edited by Arvilla PayneJackson and Mervyn C. Alleyne Inside Hillview High School: An Ethnographic Study of an Urban Jamaican School, Hyacinth Evans Dictionary of Jamaican English, second edition, edited by F.G. Cassidy and R.B. LePage Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp New Register of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 17501890, Steeve O. Buckridge

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Contrary Voices: Representation of West Indian Slavery, 16571834, edited by Karina Williamson Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History, edited by Armando Lampe Essays on the Theory of Plantation Economy: A Historical and Institutional Approach to Caribbean Economic Development, Lloyd Best and Kari Levitt When Me Was a Boy, Charles Hyatt Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses, edited by Rhoda Reddock Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Caribbean, edited by Eudine Barriteau The Rebel Woman in the British West Indies during Slavery, Lucille Mathurin Mair

UWI PRESS BESTSELLERS, BAKER & TAYLOR (LIFETIME SALES)

Dictionary of Jamaican English, second edition, edited by F.G. Cassidy and R.B. LePage Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture, edited by Kathleen Monteith and Glen Richards Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas, Alvin O. Thompson A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Isaac Dookhan

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Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica, Mordechai Arbell Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women, Sistren with Honor Ford-Smith Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica, Donna P. Hope Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures, Maureen Warner-Lewis The Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 17601890, Steeve O. Buckridge Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing, Arvilla Payne-Jackson and Mervyn C. Alleyne In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 175086, Douglas Hall Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music, Curwen Best Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 16571834, edited by Karina Williamson A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 16551844, edited by Lucille Mathurin Mair, Hilary McD. Beckles and Verene A. Shepherd Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes

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The Francophone Caribbean Today: Literature, Language, Culture, edited by Gertrud Aub-Buscher and Beverly Ormerod Noakes Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcotts Poetry, Patricia Ismond Caribbean Wars Untold: A Salute to the British West Indies, Humphrey Metzgen and John Graham

YANKEE BOOK PEDDLER ADVERTISEMENTS

Yankee Book Peddler provides books in digital and print format and collection development support to libraries worldwide. In 1999, it was purchased by Baker & Taylor. Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by Martin Munro Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, cloth Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, paperback

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RADIO INTERVIEWS

Smile Jamaica TVJ, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla Nationwide News Network, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton

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Nationwide News Network, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton KLAS Sports FM, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Nationwide News Network, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton Newstalk 93 FM, Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in Jamaica, Deborah A. Thomas

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During 20102011, thousands of print and electronic catalogues and flyers featuring UWI Press books were distributed to individuals, wholesalers, retailers, and libraries worldwide. UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 2010 UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 20102011 Eurospan Group New Books Catalogue 2010 Eurospan Group History Catalogue 2010 Eurospan Literature Catalogue 2010 Eurospan Social Studies Catalogue 2010 Eurospan Environment Flyers 2010 Eurospan Politics Flyers 2010 Eurospan Environmental Studies Promotion via environmentalexpert.com showcased UWI Press books in environmental studies to 1,000,000 global environmental professionals

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Scholarly Book Services Flyers, LASA Conference, Canada During January 2011, a PDF of the UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 2010 2011 was sent to all UWI students, faculty and staff via the following communication channels: UWI Mona, Campus Pipeline UWI Cave Hill, Marketing and Communications Office UWI St Augustine, Marketing and Communications Office

During the last nine years, UWI Press books and authors have consistently dominated the book award categories in Humanities and Education and the Social Sciences, winning a total of eleven book awards in these two categories.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICITY
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, Caribbean Business News, October 19, 2010 UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, SC State University, Academic Affairs Newsletter, September 2010 UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, CaribZAR, October 19, 2011 UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, UWI STAN, Anniversary Issue 2010 Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, UWI STAN, Anniversary Issue 2010 UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, UWI Mona, January 2011 Book Industry Association of Jamaica Publishing and Writing Awards 2011, Jamaica Observer, BookEnds, April 3, 2011

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Book Industry Association of Jamaica Publishing and Writing Awards 2011, Jamaica Observer, March 29, 2011 Various postings on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter

AWARDS, HONOURS, INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

2010 Florida Print Awards UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 2010

BEST RESEARCH BOOK, UWI, FACULTY HUMANITIES

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Claudette M. Williams, Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age, Best Research Publication (Book), UWI, Mona, Faculty of Humanities and Education, 2011. During the last nine years, UWI Press books and authors have consistently dominated the book award categories in Humanities and Education and the Social Sciences, winning a total of eleven book awards in these two categories.

FOREWORD 2010 BOOK

Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla

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YEAR FINALISTS

Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by Martin Munro ForeWord awards and finalists represent independent publishing at its finest and are selected by librarians and booksellers. Approximately 350 publishers submitted 1,400 books in 56 categories and UWI Press was delighted to have had two of its books chosen as finalists.

UWI Press Catalogue 2010 receives prestigious Florida Print Award

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BOOK INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION REFERENCE BOOK, WINNER

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Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 16571834, edited by Karina Williamson

BOOK INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICA BEST ACADEMIC BOOK, HONOURABLE MENTION

The Fiction of Robert Antoni: Writing in the Estuary, Richard F. Patteson The Eleventh Biennial BIAJ Publishing and Writing Awards Ceremony was the most competitive in history, with more than 105 entries submitted in seventeen categories. Historically, UWI Press books have dominated the Best Academic and Best Reference Book categories and have also been strong contenders for Best Adult Non-Fiction and Best Cover categories. Over the last eighteen years, UWI Press books have received forty-six local, regional and international awards.

Over the last eighteen years, UWI Press books have received forty-six local, regional and international awards.
SELECTED TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton, 500 copies Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 17601890, Steeve O. Buckridge, 200 copies Out of Order: Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing, Kimberly Robinson-Walcott, 250 copies Philosophy and the West Indian Novel, Earl McKenzie, 250 copies

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Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses, edited by Rhoda Reddock, 80 copies Maharanis Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean, Verene Shepherd, 133 copies

CONCLUSION
Despite the ongoing financial challenges presented by uncertain markets for print sales, UWI Press is positioned to achieve the goals of the UWI Press Strategic Plan, 20072012 and we ended a challenging year with a surplus of J$2 million. We will continue to carefully monitor discretionary costs, emphasize revenue growth, and carefully acquire books in environmental and health studies. As the Press ends its second decade, its partnerships with UWI faculty, its authors and the ministries of education will be critical in fostering its viability and growth. By emphasizing the peer-review process and by pursuing international standards of excellence and benchmarks, UWI Press books will attract attention in the global marketplace and the academy while the Press continually strives to effectively sell these books in a cost-effective, everinnovative manner. As it confronts the new marketplace for digital and print books, the Press will begin to develop and refine its overarching digital strategy to diversify revenue streams.

As the Press ends its second decade, its partnerships with UWI faculty, its authors and the ministries of education will be critical in fostering its viability and growth. By emphasizing the peerreview process and by pursuing international standards of excellence and benchmarks . . .

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Author Awards Ceremony

Dr Learie Luke, author of Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, receives the award for bestselling revised dissertation from UWI Press finance manager Nadine Buckland

Professor Barbara Lalla, author of Cascade: A Novel, receives the inaugural fiction award from UWI Press finance manager Nadine Buckland

Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr, co-author with Rafi Ahmad of Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica, receives the award for outstanding publishing proposal (environmental) studies from UWI Press managing editor Shivaun Hearne

Robert Harris receives the award for outstanding designer from UWI Press managing editor Shivaun Hearne

Linda Speth, UWI Press general manager, receives a long-service award from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, UWI, Cave Hill, and chair of the UWI Press Board of Directors

Nadine Buckland, UWI Press finance manager, receives a long-service award from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI, St Augustine

Shivaun Hearne, UWI Press managing editor, receives a long-service award from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI, St Augustine

Donna Muirhead, UWI Press marketing and sales manager, receives a long-service award from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI, St Augustine

Karen Smith, UWI Press marketing and sales assistant, receives a long-service award from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI, St Augustine

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