Book Business
JOHNNY TEMPLE
The founder and publisher of Akashic Books demystifies the path to publication and discusses what editors, agents, and readers are looking for.
University of the West Indies, Mona, May 26-29, 2026, Kingston, Jamaica
JOHNNY TEMPLE
The founder and publisher of Akashic Books demystifies the path to publication and discusses what editors, agents, and readers are looking for.
OLIVE SENIOR
Through writing exercises, reading samples, sharing work, and robust conversation, we will look at the traditional elements of storytelling and how they work together to pull the reader in.
MARLON JAMES
This is what you will be doing in this workshop: writing Fiction as a response to Fiction. The dismissed voice, the monster with a soul, the character without agency, the character everybody but you forgot.
ROLAND WATSON-GRANT
We write fiction to tell deeper truths, but we can also use fiction techniques to write non-fiction. Engaging an audience is about how you tell it, how you bend time, how you choose language…



