Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in

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and has lived and worked in

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

in the Caribbean since 1971."In Brief: Review of ''Trinidad & Tobago: Photographs'' by Alex Smailes, with an introduction by Jeremy Taylor (Macmillan Caribbean
, 204 pp.)" in ''Caribbean Review of Books'', No. 10, November 2006. In 1991, he co-founded the publishing company

Media and Editorial Projects Limited Media and Editorial Projects Limited (MEP or MEP Caribbean Publishers) is a private publishing company based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The company was established in 1991 by Jeremy Taylor (writer), Jeremy TaylorVaneisa Baksh"Going to ...

(MEP).

Biography

Taylor has contributed the

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and ''

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'' (London), Radio Trinidad and Radio 95.1FM in Trinidad, the now defunct AVM Television, Trinidad & Tobago Television (TTT),''Remembering TTT: A Personal View''
by Jai Parasram on ''TTT Pioneers'', January 2005. the '' Trinidad and Tobago Express'' and '' Trinidad Guardian'',Baksh, Vaneisa
"Going to Ground Again"
''Trinidad & Tobago Guardian'', 13 December 2008. Additionally, Taylor contributed to a number of international print and radio organisations, including ''

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'' (London), ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' World Book Encyclopaedia'', the

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(Toronto),

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(Washington), CANA ( Caribbean News Agency), and '' The New Internationalist''. Taylor was the Founding Secretary of the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET), from 2000 to 2002). He was among the founding members of the organising committee for the first Bocas LitFest, the Trinidad & Tobago literary festival, in April/May 2011.

Bibliography

* ''Masquerade: A Visitor's Guide to Trinidad & Tobago'' (1986, Macmillan). Second edition: ''Trinidad and Tobago: An Introduction and Guide'' (1991, Macmillan, ) * ''Trinidad and Tobago: A Souvenir in Pictures'' (1988, Macmillan) * ''BWIA’s Caribbean: A Guide to 28 Caribbean Countries'' (1988, British West Indies Airways, ) * ''Above and Beyond: A History of BWIA 1940–1990'' (1990, British West Indies Airways) * ''The Point Lisas Story'' (1991, Media & Editorial Projects) * ''Going to Ground: Journalism 1972–1992'' (1994, Prospect Press, ) * ''A Black & White Book'' (2003, Prospect Press) * Introduction, ''Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival Land Water People'' by Alex Smailes (2006, Macmillan, ) * Introduction, ''In the Public Eye'' by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy (2009, Commess University Press, )Iverson, Susan
"Book Review, In the Public Eye"
''Journal of International Women's Studies'', Vol. 12, issue 1, January/February 2011.

References

External links

Media & Editorial Projects Ltd (MEP)

Jeremy Taylor: Notes from Port of Spain
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