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Two Decades of
Caribbean Writing

Explore over 403 stories we've published since 2003 — poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and reportage.

403 stories

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Adrian Green

WHY I DO WHAT I DO create lyrics 1) to reinforce patterns of thinking and behaviour in myself, 2) to effect changes in thinking and…

Linda Deane·July 9, 2013
Karen Elaine Austin (1963-2023) of Days Books, Barbados
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Karen Elaine Austin

I AM Very methodical, organized, structured, good memory; this involves reminding my colleagues what tasks they have forgotten to complete.…

Linda Deane·June 19, 2013
Gathered on a bench in Queen’s Park, Bridgetown for Green Readings 2013, Part 1.
News

GREEN READINGS

GREEN READINGS is an annual eco-literary event that ArtsEtc began in 2008 after a request from the Ministry of the Environment, which was…

Linda Deane·June 18, 2013
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Past Issues

Issue Twenty Three

May 15, 2013
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Past Issues

Issue Twenty Two

May 15, 2013
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Past Issues

Issue Twenty One

May 15, 2013
Comics & Cartoons

Skool Daze, May 2013

Aguinaldo Belgrave·May 14, 2013
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Features

The Caribbean short story: influences and traditions

Barbadian-born writer Austin Clarke is a seminal voice of the Caribbean short story, and when I recently edited Beyond Sangre Grande:…

Cyril Dabydeen·May 3, 2013
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HAIKU BY ZOANNE EVANS

HAIKU BY ZOANNE EVANS Warmth is my blanket Fuzzy socks, headscarf Gently falling rain.

March 25, 2013
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Featured Haiku BY CHER CORBIN

FEATURED HAIKU by Cher Corbin sun’s first rays glimmer dew sparkles morning birdsong coffee sweet and black

March 25, 2013
ArtsEtc sponsors shirts for Barbados’ Lodge School 2012 Penn Relay team
Blog

Sharing the sweets, and the shirts, with the Lodge School

ARTSETC is known mainly for its involvement in the arts in Barbados but we love it when we also get to explore the “et cetera” side of what…

Linda Deane·March 4, 2013
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Have a happy WBD (World Book Day!)

EACH year, the first Thursday in March is celebrated as World Book Day. Here are 10 great ways to celebrate—not just on WBD but EVERY…

February 28, 2013