Jeremy Taylor (writer)

Jeremy Taylor
Born	England
Education	King's Ely
Alma mater	University of Cambridge Makerere University
Occupation(s)	Journalist, editor and publisher
Known for	Co-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).

Biography

Taylor has contributed the BBC and The Times (London), Radio Trinidad and Radio 95.1FM in Trinidad, the now defunct AVM Television,Trinidad & Tobago Television (TTT), ^[2] , the Trinidad and Tobago Express and Trinidad Guardian , ^[3]

Additionally, Taylor contributed to a number of international print and radio organisations, including The Observer (London), The Sunday Times , The New York Times , ^[4] Encyclopædia Britannica , ^[5] World Book Encyclopaedia , the CBC (Toronto), National Public Radio (Washington), CANA (Caribbean News Agency), and The New Internationalist . ^[6]

Taylor was the Founding Secretary of the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET), from 2000 to 2002). ^[7] He was among the founding members of the organising committee for the first Bocas LitFest, the Trinidad & Tobago literary festival, in April/May 2011. ^[8]

Bibliography

• Masquerade: A Visitor's Guide to Trinidad & Tobago (1986, Macmillan). ^[9] Second edition: Trinidad and Tobago: An Introduction and Guide (1991, Macmillan, ISBN   978-0-333-55607-8) ^[10]
• Trinidad and Tobago: A Souvenir in Pictures (1988, Macmillan)
• BWIA’s Caribbean: A Guide to 28 Caribbean Countries (1988, British West Indies Airways, ISBN   978-976-8033-04-8)
• Above and Beyond: A History of BWIA 1940–1990 (1990, British West Indies Airways)
• The Point Lisas Story (1991, Media & Editorial Projects) ^{[11] [12]}
• Going to Ground: Journalism 1972–1992 (1994, Prospect Press, ISBN   976-8052-08-2) ^{[3] [13]}
• A Black & White Book (2003, Prospect Press)
• Introduction, Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival Land Water People by Alex Smailes (2006, Macmillan, ISBN   978-1-4050-0749-8) ^[1]
• Introduction, In the Public Eye by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy (2009, Commess University Press, ISBN   978-0-615-27720-2) ^[14]

References

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. Remembering TTT: A Personal View by Jai Parasram on TTT Pioneers, January 2005.
3. Baksh, Vaneisa, "Going to Ground Again", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 December 2008.
4. Shaftel, David, "Letter from Trinidad: an Island Scorned", The New York Times, 18 May 2008.
5. Trinidad & Tobago: additional reading. Encyclopædia Britannica online.
6. Taylor, Jeremy (December 1980). "Drowning in petrodollars". New Internationalist.
7. "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.
8. "About the Bocas LitFest". Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
9. Programme 8, Gayelle TV Series One, 24 February 1987.
10. "Trinidad and Tobago an Introduction and Guide (Caribbean Guides)", Open Library. Internet Archive.
11. Renwick, David, "The Real Hallmark of Industrialisation", Trinidad & Tobago Express Business Magazine, 15 February 2011.
12. The Point Lisas Story, the Point Lisas Port Development Company
13. Adam, Mary, "Review: Going to Ground by Jeremy Taylor", Folio Books, 4 March 1997.
14. Iverson, Susan, "Book Review| In the Public Eye", Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 12, issue 1, January/February 2011.

External links

• Media & Editorial Projects Ltd (MEP)
• Jeremy Taylor: Notes from Port of Spain