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- ↑ Vaneisa Baksh, "Going to Ground Again", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 13 December 2008.
- ↑ Caroline Taylor, Remembering Hugh Williams, MEP Publishers blog, 17 December 2016.
- ↑ Yvonne Baboolal, "Caribbean Beat to be sold in stores...magazine marks 100th issue", Trinidad Guardian, 6 December, 2009.
- ↑ Anne Hilton, "The ‘Beat’ is back", Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, 24 January, 2008.
- ↑ Carolyn Cooper, "T&T Lit Fest Puts Us to Shame", Jamaica Gleaner, 8 May 2011.
- ↑ Suzanne Mills, "A Poor Precedent", Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, 2 September, 2007.
- ↑ "Magazines Team up with TTFF", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 4 October, 2011.
- ↑ Sharon Lym, "Looking for the big ticket", Trinidad & Tobago Business Guardian, 5 June, 2003.
- ↑ "A Reverence for Orchids", Trinidad & Tobago Express, 12 February, 2009.Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Trinidad & Tobago Birding - Suggested Reading List
- ↑ Anne Hilton, "IMA launches wetlands book", Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, March 1, 2010.
- ↑ Kimberly Castillo, "The story of Asa Wright", Trinidad & Tobago Express, 6 March, 2010.
- ↑ Anne Hilton, "A story of hope and despair", Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, 4 January 2010.