So honored by the announcement of the 2013 MY PEOPLE AWARDS
Celebrating African-Canadian and Caribbean Writers.
The 2013 Recipients are:
Motion (Poetry), George Elliott Clarke (Lifetime Achievement), Dr. George Sefa Dei (Academic), Adowa Badoe (Children & Young Adult) Keith Ellis (Translation) and Jael Ealey Richardson (New Writer).
My People Awards presentation takes place FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 7 – 9 pm, 918 Bathurst Street, TOronto at the THE BIG BOOK LAUNCH & RECEPTION.
Althea Prince, Jelani J Wyze Nias, Itah Sadu, Gayle Gonsalves, Christene Browne, Whitney French, Pooran Bridgelall, Jody Nyasha Warner, Natasha Henry, Yvonne Browne, Garfield Ellis, Richard Gaskin, Njacko Backo, Dirk McLean, Adwoa Badoe, Tammy Sutton-Brown, Salah Wilson, Christene Browne, Robert Vernon, Keith Ellis, Jennylynd James, Panman Pat and Special Guest Barbadian Writer Austin Yearwood.