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词条 Jeremy Taylor (writer)
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  1. Biography

  2. Bibliography

  3. References

  4. External links

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]

Biography

Taylor attended The King's School, Ely. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Cambridge (1962–65), and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere University in Uganda (1966–67).[2] In Trinidad, he taught at Fatima College before starting as a freelance journalist with several local international publications.[3] 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),[4] and a regular columnist for the Trinidad and Tobago Express, Trinidad Guardian,[5] Catholic News, and Nealco News. Canada-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".[4] Additionally, Taylor contributed to a number of international print and radio organisations, including The Observer (London), The Sunday Times, The New York Times,[6] Encyclopædia Britannica,[7] World Book Encyclopaedia, the CBC (Toronto), National Public Radio (Washington), CANA (Caribbean News Agency), and The New Internationalist.[8]

In 1991, he co-founded Media and Editorial Projects Limited (MEP); he started its book imprint, Prospect Press, in 1994. He serves as Managing Director,[9] 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 (CAPNET), from 2000 to 2002).[10] He was among the founding members of the organising committee for the first Bocas LitFest, the Trinidad & Tobago literary festival, in April/May 2011.[11]

Bibliography

  • Masquerade: A Visitor's Guide to Trinidad & Tobago (1986, Macmillan).[12] Second edition: Trinidad and Tobago: An Introduction and Guide (1991, Macmillan, {{ISBN|978-0-333-55607-8}})[13]
  • Trinidad and Tobago: A Souvenir in Pictures (1988, Macmillan)
  • BWIA’s Caribbean: A Guide to 28 Caribbean Countries (1988, British West Indies Airways, {{ISBN|978-976-8033-04-8}})
  • Above and Beyond: A History of BWIA 1940–1990 (1990, British West Indies Airways)
  • The Point Lisas Story (1991, Media & Editorial Projects)[14][15]
  • Going to Ground: Journalism 1972-1992 (1994, Prospect Press, {{ISBN|976-8052-08-2}})[5][16]
  • A Black & White Book (2003, Prospect Press)
  • Introduction, Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival Land Water People by Alex Smailes (2006, Macmillan {{ISBN|978-1-4050-0749-8}})[1]
  • Introduction, In the Public Eye by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy (2009, Commess University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-615-27720-2}})[17]

References

1. ^"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.)" in Caribbean Review of Books, No. 10, November 2006.
2. ^[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeremy-taylor/17/7b1/589 Linkedin profile.]
3. ^Raymond Ramcharitar,"The (Civilising) Missionary Position: A Manifesto", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 April 2011.
4. ^Remembering TTT: A Personal View by Jai Parasram on TTT Pioneers, January 2005.
5. ^Vaneisa Baksh, "Going to Ground Again", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 December 2008.
6. ^David Shaftel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/books/review/Shaftel-t.html?_r=1 "Letter from Trinidad: an Island Scorned"], The New York Times, 18 May 2008.
7. ^Trinidad & Tobago: additional reading. Encyclopædia Britannica online.
8. ^"Drowning in petrodollars", New Internationalist, December 1980.
9. ^"About MEP: Our Staff" - MEP Publishers
10. ^"Reclaiming our own voices: The Caribbean Publishers Network stages the first international conference on Caribbean publishing", The Bellagio Publishing Network Newsletter Issue No 29, December 2001.
11. ^About the Bocas LitFest
12. ^Programme 8, Gayelle TV Series One, 24 February 1987.
13. ^Guides" - Open Library
14. ^David Renwick, "The Real Hallmark of Industrialisation", Trinidad & Tobago Express Business Magazine, 15 February 2011.
15. ^The Point Lisas Story, the Point Lisas Port Development Company
16. ^Mary Adam, "Review: Going to Ground by Jeremy Taylor", Folio Books, 4 March 1997.
17. ^In the Public Eye - reviewed by Susan Iverson, Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 12, #1, January/February 2011.

External links

  • Media & Editorial Projects Ltd (MEP)
  • Jeremy Taylor: Notes from Port of Spain
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