Jeremy Taylor (writer)

Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971.[1] He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cambridge, and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere University in Uganda. In Trinidad, he taught at Fatima College before starting as a freelance journalist with several local international publications.[2] He established his own publishing company Media and Editorial Projects Limited in 1991.

For several years, Taylor was a regular Caribbean Correspondent for the BBC and The Times (London); a radio commentator at Radio Trinidad and Radio 95.1FM in Trinidad; a writer and presenter at the now defunct AVM Television and Trinidad & Tobago Television (TTT);[3] and as a regular columnist for the Trinidad and Tobago Express; Trinidad Guardian;[4] Catholic News; and Nealco News. Canadian-based journalist Jai Parasram, referring to Taylor's days as a regular newspaper and television critic, called Taylor as "the number one television critic of the time".[3] Additionally, Taylor contributed to a number of international print and radio organisations, including The Observer (London), The Sunday Times, The New York Times,[5] Encyclopædia Britannica,[6] World Book Encyclopaedia, the CBC (Toronto), National Public Radio (Washington), CANA (Caribbean News Agency), and The New Internationalist.[7]

In 1991, he co-founded Media and Editorial Projects Limited; he started its book imprint, Prospect Press, in 1994. He serves as Managing Director,[8] and is either Editor or Consulting Editor on its publications. He also is a regular contributor to MEP's magazines: Caribbean Review of Books, Caribbean Beat and Discover Trinidad and Tobago.

Taylor was the Founding Secretary of the Caribbean Publishers Network (2000–2002).[9] He was among the founding members of the organising committee for the first Bocas LitFest: Trinidad & Tobago Literary Festival in April/May 2011.[10]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b In Brief: Review of Trinidad & Tobago: Photographs by Alex Smailes, with an introduction by Jeremy Taylor (Macmillan Caribbean, ISBN 1-4050-0749-4, 204 pp)
  2. ^ The (Civilising) Missionary Position: A Manifesto by Raymond Ramcharitar, the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 April 2011
  3. ^ a b Remembering TTT: A Personal View by Jai Parasram on TTT Pioneers, January 2005
  4. ^ a b Going to Ground Again by Vaneisa Baksh, the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 December 2008
  5. ^ "Letter from Trinidad: an Island Scorned" by David Shaftel The New York Times (18 May 2008)
  6. ^ Trinidad & Tobago: additional reading (Encyclopaedia Britannica online)
  7. ^ "Drowning in petrodollars" (December 1980)
  8. ^ "About MEP: Our Staff" - MEP Publishers
  9. ^ "Reclaiming our own voices: The Caribbean Publishers Network stages the first international conference on Caribbean publishing" - The Bellagio Publishing Network
  10. ^ About the Bocas LitFest
  11. ^ Programme 8, Gayelle TV Series One, 24 February 1987
  12. ^ "Caribbean Guides" - Open Library
  13. ^ The Real Hallmark of Industrialisation by David Renwick, the Trinidad & Tobago Express Business Magazine, 15 February 2011
  14. ^ The Point Lisas Story, the Point Lisas Port Development Company
  15. ^ Review: Going to Ground by Jeremy Taylor by Mary Adam, Folio Books, 4 March 1997
  16. ^ In the Public Eye - Reviewed by Susan Iverson, Journal of International Women‟s Studies, Vol. 12 #1, January/February 2011

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