Media and Editorial Projects Limited
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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)
and Joanne Mendes. Its board of directors includes Managing Director Taylor; Financial Director Mendes; Chairman Susan Dore; member Caroline Taylor
; and Secretary Hugh Williams.
MEP currently publishes Caribbean Beat
(the inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines
bimonthly; destination guide Discover Trinidad & Tobago annually; and newsletter ENERGY Caribbean, bimonthly.
Past publications have focussed on Trinidad & Tobago and/or Caribbean business, culture or tourism, including the Trinidad & Tobago Business Guide; the Caribbean Review of Books
(CRB) (now an independent non-profit entity); Youth At Risk (for the UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
); The Point Lisas Story; the Citibank Investment Guide to Trinidad & Tobago; BWIA's Caribbean; The ALM Caribbean Explorer; Hi-Time; Trinidad & Tobago Destination Guide; the Trinidad & Tobago Exporter; and the Trinidad & Tobago Export Directory.
In 1994, the company established a book imprint called Prospect Press. It ceased operations in 2008. From 1994 to 2008, it published books on Trinidad & Tobago and/or Caribbean biography, art, and natural history, including:
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
.
The company was established in 1991 by Jeremy Taylor (writer)
Jeremy Taylor (writer)
Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cambridge, and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere...
and Joanne Mendes. Its board of directors includes Managing Director Taylor; Financial Director Mendes; Chairman Susan Dore; member Caroline Taylor
Caroline Taylor
Caroline Taylor is an actor, singer, director, journalist and marketer from Trinidad and Tobago.Taylor was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She studied music, dance and drama at an early age, winning a Trinidad & Tobago National Scholarship for Languages in 2000, and Commonwealth...
; and Secretary Hugh Williams.
MEP currently publishes Caribbean Beat
Caribbean Beat
' is a bimonthly magazine, published in Port of Spain, Trinidad, covering the arts, culture and society of the Caribbean, with a focus on the region's English-speaking territories...
(the inflight magazine of Caribbean Airlines
Caribbean Airlines
Caribbean Airlines Limited operating as Caribbean Airlines is the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago. The airline is also flag carrier to Jamaica through its subsidiary, Caribbean Airlines-Air Jamaica Transition Limited or Air Jamaica....
bimonthly; destination guide Discover Trinidad & Tobago annually; and newsletter ENERGY Caribbean, bimonthly.
Past publications have focussed on Trinidad & Tobago and/or Caribbean business, culture or tourism, including the Trinidad & Tobago Business Guide; the Caribbean Review of Books
Caribbean Review of Books
The Caribbean Review of Books is a quarterly magazine published in Port of Spain, Trinidad, reviewing books of Caribbean interest—by Caribbean authors or about the Caribbean—and printing original fiction, poetry, and other literary material...
(CRB) (now an independent non-profit entity); Youth At Risk (for the UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to...
); The Point Lisas Story; the Citibank Investment Guide to Trinidad & Tobago; BWIA's Caribbean; The ALM Caribbean Explorer; Hi-Time; Trinidad & Tobago Destination Guide; the Trinidad & Tobago Exporter; and the Trinidad & Tobago Export Directory.
In 1994, the company established a book imprint called Prospect Press. It ceased operations in 2008. From 1994 to 2008, it published books on Trinidad & Tobago and/or Caribbean biography, art, and natural history, including:
- Julian KennyJulian KennyJulian Stanley "Jake" Kenny was a Trinidadian zoologist, columnist, author) and Professor of Zoology at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies and an Independent Senator in the fifth and sixth Parliaments...
's Views from the Ridge (2008 reprint, ISBN 9769505706), Flowers of Trinidad & Tobago (2006, ISBN 9769505781), Orchids of Trinidad & Tobago (2008, ISBN 9789769508248) and A Naturalist's Notes: the Biological Diversity of Trinidad & Tobago (2008, ISBN 9789769508231) - Ken Bhoodoo's The Elusive Eric WilliamsEric WilliamsEric Eustace Williams served as the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian, and is widely regarded as "The Father of The Nation."...
(2002, ISBN 9769505722) - Luise Kimme's Halcyon Days: Sculpture 1987-91 (2002, ISBN 9769505730), Resurrection To Dance (2003, ISBN 9769505765), and Bolero
- CLR James' Letters From London (2003, ISBN 9769505749)
- Richard ffrench's A Naturalist's Year (2007 ISBN 9769508209)
- Jeremy Taylor (writer)Jeremy Taylor (writer)Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cambridge, and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere...
's Going to Ground (1994, ISBN 9768052082) - Russell Barrow's Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: A Photographic Atlas
- Stewart Hylton Edwards' The Toco Road and other Poems of the West Indies
- Wilfred Best's Tikasingh's Wedding
- The Abbey: Mount St. Benedict
- the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA)'s Wetlands of Trinidad and Tobago (2010, ISBN: 9789769508262)
- Joy Rudder's The Old House and the Dream: The Story of the Asa Wright Nature Centre (2009, ISBN 976-95082-1-7)