IMPORTANT NOTICE:  A Gathering and a Celebration of Caribbean Women Writers. This is a 'Night of Readings' planned for Wednesday May 21st. 

If you are interested in reading or performing your work, please contact the conference program chair AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Click here for more information on this event.

***ACWWS 2008 Conference Special Events and Activities -

Click here to view all of the specially featured events that have been organized for the week of the conference.

 

ACWWS 2008 Conference News:

ACWWS 2008 Member Discussion Forum now available.  Click here to access a special forum page that has been added to this web resource for all ACWWS members who might want to contact one another before or during the conference for whatever reason e.g. you are looking for someone to share accommodations with etc.

Just click sign in, then click 'apply for membership'; you will be given instant access to the forum once you sign up.

 

FAQs - For answers to the Frequently Asked Questions for All Participants of the ACWWS 2008 Conference in Grenada, click here.

 

Notice to All Conference Participants:

Upon arrival in Grenada all of those who have pre-registered can collect their registration materials at the Grand Beach Resort on Sunday May 18, 2008 from 6-10pm.

 

Attention Conference Exhibitors - If you want to be an exhibitor at the ACWWS 2008 Conference, you will need to fill out the registration form.  Click here to download the form. 

Please send your completed registration form to both Australia Tarver - a.tarver@tcu.edu and the ACWWS 2008 Conference organizers - acwws2008@sgu.edu.

 

21/04/08 - The problem with the online registration form has been corrected. Go to the Registration page or click here to download the Adobe Acrobat file.

 

10/04/08 - Click here for FAQs For Conference Exhibitors

 

10/04/08 - The ACWWS 2008 Conference is pleased to present four specially featured speakers during the week of the conference.

They are -

Merle Collins  - Keynote Speaker - Caribbean Women Writing in the 21st Century: Visions to Recover, Creations to Re‐Create. Click here for more information on Merle Collins

Evelyne Trouillot - Featured Address -  Memories and Traumatism.     Click here for more information on Evelyne Trouillot

Josefina Baez - Featured Address -  Del alma al sol, del sol al alma: Intervenciones Personales de una Artista Dominican - York, en Estos Tiempos Glocales. (Soul to Sun, Back and Forth and All in Between: Interventions of the Self by a Dominican‐York Artist) Click here for more information on Josefina Baez

Ellen Ombre - Featured Address - Departure and Arrival, Alienation and Familiarity. Click here for more information on Ellen Ombre

 

 

03/04/08 - For Information on the Book Launch at ACWWS 2008, Click here.

  

02/04/08 - Important Information for ACWWS Conference Participants Traveling to CSA Conference in San Andres- Click here

 

01/08/08 - The 2008 ACWWS Conference; Traditions and Legacies, Revisions and Interventions: Caribbean Women writings in the 21st century;  will be held on the True Blue Campus of Saint George's University from May 19th to the 23rd.

Accommodation and Transportation News:

01/08/08 - A conference shuttle bus will be running from The Grand Beach Resort and The Coyaba Garden Resort to The True Blue Campus everyday at the following times -

     ***  Shuttle bus schedule coming soon

 

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