Jeremy Taylor (writer)

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Jeremy Taylor
Born
England
Education King's Ely
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Makerere University
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor and publisher
Known forCo-founder of Media and Editorial Projects Limited (MEP)

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] In 1991, he co-founded the publishing company Media and Editorial Projects Limited (MEP).

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Biography

Taylor attended King's 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 "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 . [10] His published books include Going to Ground: Journalism 1972–1992, a collection of his essays, commentaries, radio pieces and reviews covering two decades. [11]

Taylor was the Founding Secretary of the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET), from 2000 to 2002). [12] He was among the founding members of the organising committee for the first Bocas LitFest, the Trinidad & Tobago literary festival, in April/May 2011. [13]

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  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Linkedin profile.
  3. ↑ Ramcharitar, Raymond,"The (Civilising) Missionary Position: A Manifesto", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 April 2011.
  4. 1 2 Remembering TTT: A Personal View by Jai Parasram on TTT Pioneers, January 2005.
  5. 1 2 Baksh, Vaneisa, "Going to Ground Again", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 December 2008.
  6. ↑ Shaftel, David, "Letter from Trinidad: an Island Scorned", The New York Times, 18 May 2008.
  7. ↑ Trinidad & Tobago: additional reading. Encyclopædia Britannica online.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Jeremy (December 1980). "Drowning in petrodollars". New Internationalist.
  9. ↑ "About MEP: Our Staff", MEP Publishers.
  10. ↑ Taylor, Caroline (24 April 2012). "Jeremy Taylor on 20+ years of MEP & more". MEP Publisher. Media & Editorial Projects Ltd.
  11. ↑ "Going to Ground (Jeremy Taylor)". MEP Publishers. Media & Editorial Projects Ltd. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Reclaiming our own voices: The Caribbean Publishers Network stages the first international conference on Caribbean publishing", BPN Newsletter (Bellagio Publishing Network), Issue No. 29, December 2001.
  13. ↑ "About the Bocas LitFest". Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  14. ↑ Programme 8, Gayelle TV Series One, 24 February 1987.
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  18. ↑ Adam, Mary, "Review: Going to Ground by Jeremy Taylor", Folio Books, 4 March 1997.
  19. ↑ Iverson, Susan, "Book Review| In the Public Eye", Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 12, issue 1, January/February 2011.
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