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The words 4 Love of Barbados against a depiction of ocean and shoreline with the logos of ArtsEtc, the Commonwealth Foundation and the Summer Storyteller above (Background image: Izora Deane Devonish)

Who you?

What part you from?

How you feel bout life in this here Buhbayduss?

4 Love of Barbados, ArtsEtc, Linda M. Deane, Robert Edison Sandiford, Barbados, literacy, Literature, Read2Me-Write4Me, Commonwealth Foundation, The Summer Storyteller, Adrian Green, Kerry Andre Belgrave, Winston Farrell, Racquel Griffith, Neil Waithe, writing, creativity

Christine Barrow, top Frank Collymore Literary Award winner for 2023.

Christine Barrow 2023 Frank Collymore Literary Award Winner

2023 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Christine Barrow. Photo Copyright © 2024 by Christine Barrow.

Christine Barrow adjudged Best Entrant at the 26th FCLE Awards (Adapted from barbadostoday.bb)

CHRISTINE BARROW was the top entrant in the 26th Frank Collymore Literary Endowment competition for her prose fiction work Rainbow Window. She was awarded the $7500 second prize, however, as the judges declined to award a first place.

Barbadian Literature, Caribbean Literature, Fiction, Frank Collymore Literary Award, Non-Fiction, Novel, poetry

Cover of The Philosophy & Opinions of the $2 Philosopher!! (2024) by Nala

Labours Uphill: A Review of The Philosophy & Opinions of the $2 Philosopher!!

NALA CAN'T HELP BUT CREATE. The multi-hyphenate Barbadian (actor, writer, painter, and playwright) has turned a series of cartoons created and shared over the years, primarily online, into a collection called The Philosophy & Opinions of the $2 Philosopher!! It is a curious but compelling book of situational observations, humour and sometimes critiques of modern values. In this way, the book falls into a more extensive, rich history of cartoons and comics in Barbados.

Barbadian Art, Barbadian Comics, Caribbean Cartoonists, Editorial Cartoons, Illustrators, Political Cartoons

The cover of the first edition of Down Danesbury Gap: Echoes of Memory (2013) by New York-based Barbadian author Austin Yearwood.

Foremost Black Rockian: A Review of Down Danesbury Gap

Barbadian Literature, Caribbean Literature, Childhood, Memoir, Young Adult

A Review of Volcano

THIS SLIM VOLUME calls itself a memoir of a woman whose life was affected by the volcanic eruption of Montserrat’s Soufrière in 1995. Weekes was born in London of Montserratian parentage and she grew up there and in Montserrat.

She describes herself as writer, performance poet, actor and educator, and all these identities take turns at directing this intensely personal narrative.

Barbadian Literature, Caribbean Literature, Memoir, Montserratian Literature, Social Realism

Jamaican sports analyst and author Hubert Lawrence who passed away February 23, 2024

In Memoriam: Hubert Lawrence (1960-2024)

ARTSETC NOTES with sadness the passing of Jamaican journalist, sportscaster and author Hubert Lawrence.

A popular and respected figure in the sporting world in Jamaica and regionally, Hubert died suddenly on Friday, February 23, aged 63. His passing sparked much outpouring of shock, disbelief and sorrow on social media among those who knew or worked with him.

HUBERT LAWRENCE, Jamaica, Track and Field, SPORTS, Commentary, Journalism, DEATH

Photograph by Robert Edison Sandiford, January 2024, IndyList 2024.

The 2024 IndyList

THE INDYLIST is coming bigger than ever this year.

ArtsEtc Anniversary, Barbadian Literature, Caribbean Literature, YA Literature

— Sonia Suzette Williams, literary and theatre artist and educator (Jan 17, 1967 - Jan 6, 2024); Green Readings, Barbados, June 2013

In Memoriam: Sonia Suzette Williams

“Everything that happens in the universe has an impact on who I am, how I live, and what I write: thought, word, deed. Everything I think, I write, I speak has an impact on the world; like the tide of the sea beats upon the shore, shaping the space.” — Sonia Suzette Williams, literary and theatre artist and educator (January 17, 1967-January 6, 2024); Green Readings, Barbados, June 2013

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SONIA SUZETTE WILLIAMS, green readings, IN MEMORIAM, ArtsEtc

Peter Laurie, the author of The House that Disappeared, first-place winner of the 2022 Frank Collymore Literary Award.

Peter Laurie 2022 Frank Collymore Literary Award Winner

2022 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Peter Laurie. Photo Copyright © 2023 by Peter Laurie.

Adapted from centralbank.org.bb. Peter Laurie Took Home the $10,000 First Prize at the 25th FCLE Awards

Barbadian Literature, Caribbean Literature, Fiction, Frank Collymore Literary Award, Non-Fiction, Novel, poetry

IN HER DEBUT NOVEL, What a Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You (Virago, 2022), Jamaican author Sharma Taylor explores life in the poverty-stricken area of Lazarus Gardens, going beyond the poverty and violence to reveal characters with dreams, aspirations and disappointments that speak to their humanity in the midst of chaos, corruption and danger.

Barbadian Literature, Caribbean Literature, Jamaican Literature, Social Realism

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