Books and Writers articles
Sweet Home Jamaica a Novel by Claudette Beckford-Brady A virtually unknown Jamaican writer who lives in Old Harbour, Jamaica has penned a powerful novel that is quickly creating a buzz in book circles. The book, Sweet Home, Jamaica has already been picked up by Vanguard Press, Cambridge, UK, and it is being hailed as one […]
Unheard Voices: The Rise of Steelband and Calypso in the Caribbean and North America by A. Myrna Nurse The first scholarly work that offers a description of how the Steelband movement, which originated in Trinidad, West Indies. Unheard Voices will surely delight as well as inform you on facts about the movement revealed for the […]
Roots Recollections – is the brand name of Marcia Barritt’s original Caribbean patwa` language poetry and distinguished cultural artworks. Bilingual poet, spoken word artist, author, writer, ethnic illustrator and dual language self-publisher. Marcia Barritt was born in Jamaica and came to England when she was seven years old, “London in the early 60’s – was […]
‘The room was now heavy with smoke. It hung in the air, glowing red from the light in the window, white from the light above the table, blue from the glow of the silent television. The thickness of the air seemed to muffle sound as the players concentrated on their game. Movement in the room, […]
Benjamin Zephaniah writer and performance poet Benjamin Zephaniah, published his first book of poems, ‘Pen Rhythm’, in 1980. Since then he has become a permanent fixture on contemporary English literature, focusing on a wide range of political and social issues. Journalist Daisy Greenwell speaks to Benjamin Zephaniah about poetry, life, rasta and the future. When […]