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| Pamela Mordecai was born and grew up in Jamaica. A former language arts teacher with a PhD in English, she was for fourteen years editor of the Caribbean Journal of Education. She has for many years contributed to developing curricula for students of African- and Asian-Caribbean heritage in the Caribbean as well as the UK. The author of over thirty books including textbooks, children's books, four collections of poetry and a reference work on Jamaica, her poetry appears in journals worldwide and in major anthologies of Caribbean and African-Canadian literature. Her writing for children is represented in anthologies and textbooks on both sides of the Atlantic. She has a strong interest in promoting the writing of women and has edited ground-breaking anthologies of their writing. She has also written short stories, plays and articles on Caribbean literature and publishing. Her family came to Canada in 1994. She lives in Toronto.
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Calling Cards: New Poetry From Caribbean/Canadian Women. Kingston and Toronto: Sandberry Press, 2005.
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The True Blue of Islands. Kingston and Toronto: Sandberry Press, 2005.
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Culture & Customs of Jamaica. with Martin Mordecai. CT: USA: Greenwood Press, 2001.
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Certifiable. Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2001.
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The Costume Parade. Oxford: OUP, 2000.
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| AWARDS: |
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| BURLA award for contribution to Caribbean literature, 2005.
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| Shortlisted, James Tiptree Jnr. award for short story for "Once on the Shores of the Stream, Senegambia" , 2000.
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| Runner-up Prism International short story contest for short story for "Limber Like Me" (as Claire Marie Hitchins), 1998.
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| Inaugural Vic Reid Award for Children's Literature, 1993.
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| Institute of Jamaica Tercentenary Award for Services in the Field of Writing, 1980.
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| GENRE: Poetry/Stories(Adult & Children); Plays
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| AUDIENCE SIZE: any
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| GRADES: K - 12
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| LENGTH: 60 min.
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| CITY: Toronto, ON
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| PHONE: c/o TWUC
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| WEB: www.pamelamordecai.com
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| ONE SESSION: $ 150
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| THREE SESSIONS: $ 350
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| FOUR SESSIONS: $ 350
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| UNSUBSIDIZED FEES: |
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| ONE SESSION: $ 250
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| TWO SESSIONS: $ 250
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| THREE SESSIONS: $ 500
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