词条 | Jeremy Taylor (writer) |
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BiographyTaylor 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
References1. ^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. ^1 Remembering TTT: A Personal View by Jai Parasram on TTT Pioneers, January 2005. 5. ^1 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
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