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Hazel Simmons-McDonald, March 2019.

Hazel Simmons-McDonald 2018 Frank Collymore Literary Award Winner

THE TOP SPOT at the Frank Collymore Literary Awards went to Hazel Simmons McDonald on January 5, 2019. Simmons-McDonald, a retired…

Robert Edison Sandiford·March 24, 2019
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A Review of Frontiers of the Caribbean

Compelling and emphatic language toned down by academic speak. A stitched-together structure that is both focused and diffuse. The folk…

Robert Edison Sandiford·October 31, 2018
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A Review of The Thunder Beneath Us

In Nicole Blades' second novel, The Thunder Beneath Us, a talented but self-sabotaging writer is forced to grapple with her painful past as…

Publishers Weekly·October 31, 2018
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A Review of New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

The Caribbean has a powerful, modern tradition of fantastic literature that’s on full display in this anthology of original fiction by…

Publishers Weekly·October 31, 2018
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A Review of Prickett’s Well

Edison T. Williams' Prickett's Well is a long fuse with a slow burn, where the sparks are visible but the time to detonation is unknown.…

Ronald A. Williams·October 31, 2018
The 2018 ArtsEtc Independence Reading List, The 2018 IndyList

The 2018 IndyList

THE ArtsEtc Independence Reading List is now eight years old! The IndyList, as we like to call it, is a selection of 12 Barbadian books to…

Robert Edison Sandiford·October 11, 2018
Mia Mottley, Barbados' General Election May 24, 2018.

Editorial: After Elections, Barbadians Must Learn to Move Forward

BARBADIANS MAY HAVE FACED one of their toughest general elections May 24 since becoming independent. It may even have been as tough as the…

Robert Edison Sandiford·May 24, 2018
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Anthony Kellman’s Tracing JaJa Wins 2018 Casa de las Americas Prize

You can also read more about Kellman's Tracing JaJa and 2018's Casa de las Américas Prize honourable mentions for Tell My Mother I Gone to…

Robert Edison Sandiford·March 28, 2018
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Heather Barker, Sonia S. Williams among 2017 Colly Winners

THE 2017 JUDGES for the 20th Annual Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award were DeCarla Applewhaite, Professor Jane Bryce, Ayesha…

Robert Edison Sandiford·March 15, 2018
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A Review of John Robert Lee’s Collected Poems 1975-2015

COLLECTED POEMS 1975-2015 by John Robert Lee represents one man’s spiritual journey meandering through thorny labyrinths of faith, “from…

Mcdonald Dixon·November 25, 2017
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A Review of Shouts from the Outfield: The ArtsEtc Cricket Anthology

Admission by the editors of Shouts from the Outfield: The ArtsEtc Cricket Anthology—that they are “two cricket-know nothings”—might tempt…

Frank Birbalsingh·November 25, 2017
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A Review of Brown Girl, Brownstones

Reading Paule Marshall's novel Brown Girl, Brownstones threw up a number of exciting firsts for me. It was the first time I was reading a…

Heather Barker·November 18, 2017