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Book lovers find their perfect match at Blind Date event

Published:Friday | December 13, 2024 | 4:47 AM
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Cindy Allman, more popularly known as ‘Book of Cinz’, Caribbean content creator, is definitely loving her selection as she embraces her unwrapped book.
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Cindy Allman, more popularly known as ‘Book of Cinz’, Caribbean content creator, is definitely loving her selection as she embraces her unwrapped book.
Althea Wolfe, founder and director of the Brighton Book Festival in the UK, is a picture of joy after unwrapping her pick.
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Althea Wolfe, founder and director of the Brighton Book Festival in the UK, is a picture of joy after unwrapping her pick.
Bookish besties (from left) Sarah Martin, Joel Nomdarkham, Stephanie Koathes and Dr Akeem Thorpe show off their pick ahead of discovering what book awaited them in the wrapped package.
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Bookish besties (from left) Sarah Martin, Joel Nomdarkham, Stephanie Koathes and Dr Akeem Thorpe show off their pick ahead of discovering what book awaited them in the wrapped package.
Latoya West-Blackwood (left), literacy advocate, publisher and founder and director of the Jamaica Book Festival, receives the bestselling memoir ‘How to Say Babylon’ by Safiya Sinclair for giveaway at the event from Michelle-Ann Letman, principal dire
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Latoya West-Blackwood (left), literacy advocate, publisher and founder and director of the Jamaica Book Festival, receives the bestselling memoir ‘How to Say Babylon’ by Safiya Sinclair for giveaway at the event from Michelle-Ann Letman, principal director of PR Belle Media Limited, a sponsor of the Jamaica Book Festival.
#BookStagrammer Renee Wallace assesses her options as she reads the clues on the books before making her selection.
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#BookStagrammer Renee Wallace assesses her options as she reads the clues on the books before making her selection.
Attendees show off their perfect match at the end of Blind Date with a Book.
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Attendees show off their perfect match at the end of Blind Date with a Book.
Blind Date with a Book curators, Olivia Sinclair (left) and Trish-Anthoni Baker, explain to attendees the rules of book-matching as she shows an example of a clue.
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Blind Date with a Book curators, Olivia Sinclair (left) and Trish-Anthoni Baker, explain to attendees the rules of book-matching as she shows an example of a clue.
VM Foundation CEO Samantha Charles' smile says it all; she is definitely happy with her book.
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VM Foundation CEO Samantha Charles' smile says it all; she is definitely happy with her book.
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It was an exciting evening of match-making on Wednesday as some 30 book-lovers gathered in the cosy Café Blue shop in Constant Spring for an evening of Blind Date with a Book. Powered by Kingston Bookshop, the event was one of several lead-up events as part of the inaugural Jamaica Book Festival (JBF), which was held over three days from December 6 to 8 in Kingston.

Blind Date with a Book put a creative spin on traditional book browsing, allowing guests to select their perfect match based solely on clues placed on wrapped books. Curated by bibliophiles, Olivia Sinclair and Trish-Anthoni Baker, the novel event was a joy for the book-lovers in attendance as they curiously and enthusiastically unwrapped their “blind date” selection to much excitement. Living shares the highlights.