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Colin Channer and the Calabash International Literary Festival have been featured in the The New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, New Statesman, Toronto Star, Sunday Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement, National Public Radio and other venues.

“The Best Books We Read This Week.”
– The New Yorker (25 Oct. 2023)

“Briefly Noted”
– The New Yorker (09 Oct. 2023)

“Console by Colin Channer”
– Open Letters Review (21 Jul. 2023)

“24 Books Out Today.”
– Lit Hub (18 Jul. 2023)

“Bathhouse Sex, DIY Sestinas, Steamy Surrealism, and Sonnets: New Poetry Coming in July.”
– Lit Hub (6 Jul. 2023)

“Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin.”
– Poets & Writers (July/August 2023)

“Five Lessons For The World From Calabash International Literary Festival In Jamaica.”
– Forbes (20 Jun. 2023)

“Is This the World’s Most Glamorous Book Club?”
– Town & Country (16 Jun. 2023)

“Jamaica’s Treasure Beach is Home To Cove-Filled Black Sand Beaches—And The ‘Best Likkle’ Literary Festival In The World.”
– Essence (9 Jun. 2023)

“Sun, Sea and Books Make This Festival an Enticing Destination.”
– New York Times (8 Jun. 2023)

“Episode 13: Colin Channer’s CONSOLE.”
– VerseCurious (8 Jun. 2023)

“Console.”
– Publishers Weekly (18 May 2023)

“Colin Channer and the Diaspora of Dub.”
– The Common (18 May 2023)

“Picture This: New Poetry Books.”
– Publishers Weekly (10 Feb. 2023)

“Colin Channer, Reyna Grande, Celeste Ng, and Jennifer Hershey to be Honored by Poets & Writers.”
– Poets & Writers Magazine (10 Jan. 2023)

“Bob Marley: an extraordinary day.”
– BBC Sounds. BBC World Service (11 May 2021)

“The New Yorker’s Year in Poetry.”
– The New Yorker (28 Dec. 2020)

“PEN Journey 33: Senegal and Jamaica.”
– Writers & Readers Magazine (Jun. 2020)

“Jamaica’s Calabash Festival a literary treasure on the beach.”
– USA Today (4 Mar. 2020)

“The Literary Festivals to Hit This Year, From Brooklyn to Singapore.”
– New York Times (3 Mar. 2020)

“The Most Marvelously Momentous Moments From Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica.”
– Forbes (20 Jun. 2018)

“This Literary Festival in Jamaica Is the Island's Best-Kept Secret.”
– Vogue (11 Jun. 2018)

“To Catch a Teef.”
– The Moth Radio Hour (6 Dec. 2016)

“Inside Jamaica’s Calabash International Literary Festival.”
– Condé Nast Traveler (9 Jun. 2016)

“How to Swim in the Black Atlantic.”
– LA Review of Books (23 Jun. 2016)

“Sun, sand and a Booker winner as Jamaican revels in its literary festival.”
– Guardian (UK) (9 Jun. 2016)

"So You Wanna Win a Book Prize."
– Prairie Schooner’s Blog (4 Nov. 2015)

“Ten Titles to Pick Up Now.”
– O, The Oprah Magazine (Oct. 2015)

“Channer Effortless, Precise in Providential."
– Jamaica Daily Gleaner (28 Sep. 2015)

“Providential.”
– New York Journal of Books (1 Sep. 2015) 

“Book Notes: Providential."
– Largeheartedboy (1 Sep. 2015)

“Providential."
– Publishers Weekly (20 Jul. 2015)

“Providential."
– New York Journal of Books (1 Sep. 2015)

“A Literary Festival in Paradise."
– T Magazine (28 May 2014)

“The Spectator's Books of 2012.”
– Spectator Magazine (UK) (28 Dec. 2012)

“The Dark Sensibilities of Kingston Noir.”
– Los Angeles Times (21 Oct. 2012)

“Jamaica Does Literary Fest With a Caribbean Twist.”
– All Things Considered National Public Radio. (5 Jul. 2012)

“Jamaica: The land of devoted offshore authors.”
– Globe and Mail (Canada) (22 Jun. 2012)

“Jamaica I never knew: Star columnist Royson James returns to the land of his birth.”
– Toronto Star (Canada) (6 Jun. 2012)

“Two big small islands make time for jubilation: different sides of a shared history.”
– Independent (UK) (9 Jun. 2012)

“Kingston Noir: Where the Sun Doesn't Shine.”
– Huffington Post (30 May 2012)

“As Kingston Seethes, Some Jamaicans Read.”
– Wall Street Journal Online (6 Jun. 2010)

“Jamaica’s Big Book Party.”
– Daily Beast (2 Jun. 2010)

“Calabash Celebrates Ten Years of Words by the Sea.”
– Huffington Post (19 May 2010

“Colum McCann: American Literature and New York’s Redemption.”
– Huffington Post (7 Apr. 2010)

“Truth in Fiction: Echoes of Haiti in Channer’s Golden Shoes.”
– Huffington Post (2 Feb. 2010)

“Down in Jamaica: A Journey to the Calabash International Literary Festival.”
– Brooklyn Rail (Jun. 2009)

“Primal Grunts in a Literary Paradise.”
– Macleans (Canada) (12 Jun. 2009)

“Calabash Literary Festival 2009.”
– Telegraph (UK) (2 Jun. 2009)

“Rhyme and Punishment for Naipaul.”
– Sunday Observer (1 Jun. 2008)

“Walcott vs Naipaul.”
– New Statesman (29 May 2008)

“Hope in the Unseen.”
– Washington Post Book World (5–11 Aug. 2007)

“The Girl With the Golden Shoes.”
– Chicago Reader (1 Jun. 2007)

“The Girl With the Golden Shoes.”
– Publishers Weekly (15 Mar. 2007)

“A Merger of Love and Politics.”
– Toronto Star (Canada) (16 Jul. 2006)

“Jamaican Writers Find It’s Time to Bust Out.”
– New York Times (27 Jun. 2006)

“Calabash – What a Thrash.”
– Sunday Observer (UK) (18 Jun. 2006)

“Calling All Poets of the Caribbean.”
– The Independent on Sunday (UK) (1 Jan. 2006)

“Novel Approach Inspires Authors at Jamaican Fest.”
– New York Daily News (16 Sep. 2005)

“Of Reggae and Writers.”
– Globe and Mail (Canada) (15 Jun. 2005)

“Calabash International Literary Festival: Rediscovering the Writerly Spirit in Jamaica.”
– Poets & Writers (Mar./Apr. 2005)

“Writing to a Reggae Beat.”
– Globe and Mail (Canada) (30 Aug. 2004)

“Poetry, Reggae and Rain.”
– New York Times (3 Jun. 2003)

“Critic’s Choice”
– Washington Post Book World (6 Dec. 1998)