THE ArtsEtc Independence Reading List turns seven this year!
The IndyList, as we like to call it, is a selection of 12 Barbadian books to make friends with over the coming year.
The list, which first appeared in 2011, is part of the Editors' ongoing "Mapping Our Literature" mission, which promotes awareness of and celebrates Barbadian books and their authors. (Please also visit our old blogspot, Stage Right, Stage Left.) Each year, we recommend new, classic, and noteworthy titles in fiction and non-fiction, poetry, and children’s literature.
The mapping has expanded to include book reviews, this time by Heather Barker, Christine Barrow, Racquel Griffith, Jasmine Sealy, and ArtsEtc editors Linda M. Deane and Robert Edison Sandiford.
To come: our guides to the authors themselves and their wider works, and excerpts from books on the list.
We wish to thank the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment, Days Books and Bajan Reporter for their continued forward thinking and support of the IndyList. We invite schools, reading groups and book clubs interested in learning more about the IndyList to contact us.
Happy Independence—all year long!
THE 2017 INDYLIST TITLES
Historic Bridgetown, Warren Alleyne
A singular guide by the late historian on Barbados’ singular capital
The Thunder Beneath Us, Nicole Blades
What truth and forgiveness often sound like, if we’re strong enough to listen
Liviticus, Kamau Brathwaite
Described as “a monument to sorrow that cherishes our origins”
Bridgeland: Volume One, Marc R.D. Gibson
A graphic novel of brotherly revenge…and all that goes with it
Fine Dining Caribbean Vegetarian Recipes, Kelly Henry
A fun and tasty exploration of the way we increasingly cook
Collected Poems 1975-2015, John Robert Lee
Reflections on faith, and on fidelity to the word
New Worlds, Old Ways, edited by Karen Lord
Contemporary Caribbean speculative fiction at its finest
Canouan Suite & Other Pieces, Philip Nanton
The author offers biting dialogue between words and images
Greetings, Leroy, Itah Sadu with Alix Delinois (illustrator)
Sometimes, a skin-teeth is a laugh or smile
Milk Making, Gregory Skeete
Not just another cow story for kids
The ArtsEtc Winning Words Anthology: NIFCA 2015-2016, Various
Presenting some of the best work from Barbadian writers today
The Dark Land, Ronald A. Williams
A memoir, a secret, and a 19th-century slave rebellion
Catch up on your local reading by checking out our previous Lists:
2016: http://artsetcbarbados.com/news/2016-indylist
2015: http://artsetcbarbados.com/news/2015-indylist
2014: http://artsetcbarbados.com/news/2014-indylist
2013: http://artsetcbarbados.com/news/carrying-our-writers-us-artsetc%E2%80%99...
2012: http://artsetcbarbados.com/news/artsetc-champions-bajan-books
2011: http://aestagerightleft.blogspot.com/2011/
