Find out more about Caribbean writers and poets, with information and links for writers.
BRIGHTER DAYS
Book Launch of Brighter Days, by Vida Theodosia Harris, a book written by a mother who lives in Nottingham and who lost her youngest daughter in the Marchioness Disaster on the River Thames in August 20, 1986.
NGOMA BISHOP
This August sees the release of the debut novel Spread Your Wings and Fly, by popular poet and performance artist Ngoma 'Silver' Bishop, the inspirational story of a child spiritual beyond his years.
SHANGWE ANTHOLOGY
A collection of poems and personal essays by Black and Mixed-Race women, everyday women expressing themselves in their own unique style, edited by Nicole Moore.
URBAN VODOU
Urban Vodou: Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti - murals - many of which have now disappeared in the earthquake of January 2010 - tell in vivid terms how Haitians saw their unfolding political drama, and literally imposed this view on their urban surroundings.
ORIGINAL RUDE BOY
Original Rude Boy From Borstal to The Specials: A Life in Crime and Music 1979. The dawn of Thatcher's Britain. It's a country crippled by strikes, joblessness and economic gloom, divided by race and class - and skanking to a new beat: 2-Tone.
SIXTY POEMS FOR HAITI
The collection comprises poems from authors ranging in age from 12 to 89 and located in the West Indies, UK, Ireland and Europe. Some contributors are seasoned - even famous - poets; some beginners.
ERROL CHRISTIE
This is not the story of a celebrity sportsman. It's not the story of a life covered in glory with its attendant cavalcade of famous friends, easy wins and glamorous encounters.
WORLD POETRY DAY
World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO in 1999, to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world to "give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements."
CARIBBEAN CHEMISTRY
Set on the Caribbean island of St Kitts, an invitation to re-live the mischief of an island childhood, with a story about breaking the barriers of identity and finding them again.
THE SNAKE KING OF KALINAGO
The Snake King of the Kalinago, the new children's book from Papillote Press, a tiny publishing company specialising in books from Dominica. The text was written by Year 6 children of Atkinson School, Dominica, in the eastern Caribbean.
RED
RED is the first anthology of contemporary Black British poetry for ten years, since Lemn Sissay's groundbreaking, The Fire People, published by Peepal Tree Press.
PAPILLOTE PRESS
Papillote Press provides a Welcome Outlet for Dominica's Writers, as barring a few exceptions, royalty book publishers in the CARICOM region are largely based in Jamaica and Trinidad.
GERALD A. ARCHAMBEU
'A Struggle to Walk with Dignity -The True story of a Jamaican-Born Canadian ' Gerald Archambeau's remarkable and courageous life along the frontiers of race relations in Jamaica, Canada and the United States.
DREAD & ALIVE
The Dread & Alive series follows Eco-warrior, Drew McIntosh, as he fights against the forces of babylon (illegal smugglers, human traffickers, illegal loggers, etc.) Drew McIntosh is the roaring lion, protector of the animal world to which all humans belong.
NEGRO WITH A HAT
Negro With a Hat restores Garvey to his place as one of the founders of black nationalism and a key figure of the 20th century. Grant's book is richly evocative of the times and places in which he lived and the people who mentored, admired, and quarreled with him.
EDWARD SEAGA
Edward Seaga describing his own political journey in 'Edward Seaga - My Life and Leadership Volume I: 1930-1980 Hopeful Dreams and Futile Schemes', offers fascinating and enlightening commentary into Jamaica's history.
TONY WADE MBE
In conversation with Tony Wade MBE, author of How They made a Million the Dyke & Dryden Story and his recently published book The Adventures of an Economic Migrant.
HA, SPIRIT
Ha, Spirit is a former London Soho nightclub bouncer and minder turned poet, philosophiser, entrepreneur, and author of 'Letters to Myself' his first literary outing.
WALTER TULL BIOGRAPHY
All the guns in France couldn't wake me' by Phil Vasili is the new biography of Walter Tull, professional football player and first British Army Officer, who died in the last Battle of the Somme a hero.
HOME AGAIN
Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return compiled by Celia Sorhaindo and Polly Pattullo
with the Dominica UK Association (DUKA). A collection of first-hand accounts by 22 Dominican returnees, tracing their lives from leaving their island, what happens to them overseas and now their experiences back home, both positive and negative.
KWAME McPHERSON
Kwame M.A. McPherson's second book but first short story collection, Deep Roots, Strong Tree (2007), was launched in April 2008. A sure hit, it's a mixture of short stores based on life lessons and experiences spanning the Caribbean, North America, Africa and Europe.
JAMAICA SPIRIT WORLD
Jamaica Spirit World by Lee A. Hudson is a collection of autobiographical short stories depicting the experiences and adventures of Mappy, a young boy growing up in rural Jamaica in the 1950s and 60s
