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The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenaline-fueled journey through some of the most dangerous regions of the earth: the high seas, where lawlessness and physical risk prevail. Ian Urbina — Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times — gives us a galvanizing account of the several years he spent exploring and investigating the high seas, the industries that make use of it, and the people who make their, often criminal, living on it.
Artists from Around the World Meld Journalism into Music
Four Bermudian artists have participated in this global collaboration – The Outlaw Ocean Music Project – focused not only on producing rich beats, but also promoting ocean awareness. The Bermudian artistry featuring Heather Nova, Jude Richardson, Detrivore and Nala Tessloff all produced varying musical interpretations, but shared a common goal of creating content that told important stories.
Tessloff said, “As the singer, I loved combining the whale songs with the crying seagulls. I wanted to sing with them, so I found a melody that captured this feeling of solitude and the overwhelming desire for freedom that the sound of the sea inspires.”
A book of portraits of people at home, beautifully woven together by their stories.
For the last year I have been photographing people in their homes. Their kindness and candor has overwhelmed me and I am now in the last stages of designing a book to share their stories. My incredibly talented sister Sacha Blackburne helped me create this film. I hope you enjoy it… and are dying to buy the book!
A look at how the book came together
THE TAPESTRY Amanda has decided to self-publish in order to retain complete creative control. She has agonized over every image and every word and is now working on finalizing the book design and working with a printer to create an absolutely stunning book to house this incredible constellation of characters. Please consider helping her weave the last threads of the Tapestry together by contributing to her INDIEGOGO campaign!
BOOK DETAILS Hardback with foil stamped fabric cover 230-240 pages | 9×12″ | partially recycled matte paper First Edition of 2000
Amanda Temple creates authentic portraits that capture the love and tenderness between people. Film by Sacha Blackburne. Original song written and performed by Heather Nova.
Brian Burland (23 April 1931 – 11 February 2010) was a Bermudian writer, who was the author of nine acclaimed novels that typically dealt with colonialism, family strife and race. He was also a published poet. Burland was the first Bermudian novelist to receive international acclaim
After his death Burland’s family donated a collection of his original manuscripts, unpublished novels, poems, journals, correspondence and paintings, for educational use to the Bermuda College,where on 9 May 2013 the Brian Burland Centre for Research was formally opened. Dedicated to preserving and promoting his works and as well as to encouraging aspiring Bermudian writers, the Centre features a specially commissioned mural by leading Bermudian artist Graham Foster that depicts imagery from four Burland novels: The Sailor and the Fox, Flight of the Cavalier, A Fall From Aloft, and Stephen Decatur, the Devil and the Endymion.
A special course is to be taught at Bermuda College on the work of Brian Burland, whom Angela Barry of the Burland Collection Committee has described as “the greatest writer never to be known or acknowledged in the country of his birth”.
August 14th, 1775 was a hot, humid, moonlit night. The British Governor of Bermuda was sound asleep in his bed. The Royal Gunpowder Magazine was unguarded. It made a tempting target. The American Rebels needed gunpowder. The Bermudians needed provisions. A secret deal was done. A covert band of Bermudians carried out the theft, a potentially treasonous crime against the British Crown.But it worked. It was a masterpiece of deception, planning and execution. To the British Governor it was “a most heinous and attrocious crime” and his worst nightmare. To General Washington it was a gift from heaven.
This is a dramatic story of intrigue, manipulation, high risk and great danger. In his fascinating new book, Bermudian Historian and Author Michael G. Marsh painstakingly unravels the truth about Bermuda’s GREAT GUNPOWDER PLOT of 1775.
In this presentation at the BUEI Michael sifts through the historical records and delivers a special, illustrated summary of this hair-raising tale of midnight skulduggery and daring and we finally discover what actually transpired.
The Defining Story of #Bermuda ‘s Great Gunpowder Plot 1775: The American Connection and Other Selected Highlights Including the Attack on Washington (1814) @Amazon
A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the island’s White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained relationships with revolutionary organizations across the African Diaspora, such as the Black Panthers. Emerging in the late 1960s, the Movement witnessed the assassinations of Bermuda’s British Chief of Police and Governor (1972-1973). Swan carefully details the island’s colonial government’s attempts to destroy the Movement through military tactics, extensive propaganda, and the implementation of token social concessions.
A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the island’s White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained relationships with revolutionary organizations across the African Diaspora, such as the Black Panthers. Emerging in the late 1960s, the Movement witnessed the assassinations of Bermuda’s British Chief of Police and Governor (1972-1973). Swan carefully details the island’s colonial government’s attempts to destroy the Movement through military tactics, extensive propaganda, and the implementation of token social concessions.
Sarah Wheddon and Katherine Wheddon (ex-wife and daughter of the late Major Chris Wheddon), Superintendent Martin Weekes and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Brian Gonsalves press conference to announce the sponsorship of the book book “Someone Has Died in a Road Crash” to assist the families of fatal collision victims.
Bermuda-born 43-year-old Major Wheddon had been due to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and become the commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment in June of 2013 when he was killed in car crash after theAfghanistan veteran who was driving him careered into woodland. Read complete article @: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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Thursday, March 6th, 2014 (Bermuda Police Service Press Release)
Like adults, children affected by road death and injury need loving support and information. It is often better to tell children things through honest discussion and involve them in decision making rather than keep them in the dark and leave them excluded in an effort to protect them from the truth.
Thanks to the support of our partner East End Group, the BPS is pleased to announce that they will be able to supply this free book to children bereaved by road crashes.
“Someone has died in a road crash”, is full of colourful, warm illustrations and text that helps adults to support children and answer their questions. Each Child’s book comes with an accompanying guide booklet for parents caring for a bereaved child.
Additionally we have also brought in a booklet titled “Coping with grief when someone you love dies suddenly” which is for anyone who has suffered the shattering experience of a loved one dying suddenly. It aims to help people understand emotions and feelings commonly suffered and provides straightforward advice on how to cope and who can help you recover.
Going forward we are looking into bringing in a second book for bereaved children titled “Someone has died suddenly” which is aimed at children bereaved by any sudden cause.
All these books will be available free from the BPS Family Liaison Officers who are assigned to families after an incident involving a death in order to assist them through the process of investigations and other legal proceedings.
Call the Bermuda Police Service Family Liaison Coordinator at 295-0011 for further information on these books and the role of the Family Liaison Officer.
Mary Williams OBE and Caroline Chisholm (Author), Steve Fraser (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 1 Feb 2006
A sudden death in a road crash is one of the worst deaths of all. Particularly if you are a child and it was your mum, dad, sister or brother who died. Someone has died in a road crash is a children’s book for all ages, taking children step by step through practical things such as funerals and police investigations and exploring normal emotions and feelings. The book is colourful and is narrated by two children who have been bereaved in a road crash who give caring and helpful tips. The book is meant to be read by a child with a parent or care
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