A Few Words from the Editors

There has been a flurry of activity at Hobo Jungle Press recently, with a half dozen print books published by us in the past year and more on the way. We are pleased to have enabled so many budding authors to publish their works with a minimum of effort in a very competitive and rapidly changing field. We are particularly excited about three upcoming books that will be launched by us in our adopted Caribbean homeland of St. Vinent and the Grenadines early in the year. The first is entitled “Written”, a compilation of writing by inmates at “His Majesty’s Prisons” on St. Vincent. The book is the culmination of a 13 week writing program directed by David “Darkie” Williams, a leading dramatist/activist on the island. The second is an academic offering with a wordy title, “The Fresh and Brackish Water Fish and Decapod Crustaceans of St. Vincent: An Inventory” by John Renton, a retired school teacher and fisherman. At a time when animal and plant species are disappearing around the world at an alarming rate, John’s book is an important catalog of the extraordinary biodiversity found in a small island state. The third book is titled “Unearthing” and speaks to the efforts at relocating the petroglyphs at the site of the new international airport in St. Vincent as well as the history of Indian migration in the area of Argyle, where the airport is located. There are also several books of poetry, fiction and memoir in the works from our friends in the U.S. and abroad. We will continue to publish books of interest so long as print media is available to us. Meanwhile, we wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year. Thanks for listening. The Editors