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BOOKS: Canada-based Guyanese children’s book now available in Guyana

06/20/2021 – 12:06 am
Yolanda Marshall
Yolanda Marshall
By  June 19, 2021

The children’s book My Soca Birthday Party by Canada-based Guyanese Yolanda Marshall is available for sale at Jars Zero Waste Store and one will be donated to the National Library.

My Soca Birthday Party, which was published last year, by prominent children book publishers, Chalkboard, was among 16 children’s books that were deemed Best Canadian Picture Books of 2020.

The book is a blend of African and Caribbean culture and its heroine Anne, celebrates her birthday party with Soca music played on steel pans and West Africa’s jollof rice.        Continue reading →

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Six Books by Yolanda T. Marshall – Published between 2008-2019

11/03/2019 – 12:26 am

Six Books by Yolanda T. Marshall   ….   Book List:    https://www.ytmarshall.com/yolanda-marshall-books

Yolanda T. Marshall is a Guyanese-born Canadian Author.

As a cross-genre writer, Miss Marshall silently commands you to read and digest life’s cultural motions.

 The oldest of three girls, she began writing poems at the age of 8 years-old. A daughter of a talented Guitarist, her lyrics manifest into poetry, like a genetic code. Poems such as “Serenaded in New York,” “Delia Sings the Blues,” and “Single Rose” flow on a mellow Jazz -like note.       

BOOKS By Yolanda T. Marshall:            There are SIX books published between 2008-2019        Continue reading →

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