Books and Writers articles
A novel for young people This novel for young people (11 years and up) is a terrific adventure story set on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Teenage twins, James and Jerome, discover that some treasure, buried during the days of slavery, is their rightful inheritance. As the boys de-code the clues that will lead to […]
Trinidadian Author Lynn Joseph Lynn Joseph was born and raised on the island of Trinidad and is the author of books for children that feature her beloved home of Trinidad & Tobago, including A Wave in Her Pocket, The Mermaid’s Twin Sister, An Island Christmas, and Coconut Kind of Day. Lynn travels extensively and writes […]
LOOK BACK! Story by Trish Cooke Illustrations by Caroline Binch. An award-winning writer and illustrator come together to create a magical children’s picture book Look Back! celebrates the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson as she tells him about her Caribbean childhood adventures in the rainforest in search of a mysterious creature called Ti […]
Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2013 Renowned worldwide for featuring some of the best and brightest new talent, Wasafiri launched an annual New Writing Prize as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations in 2009. Since Wasafiri was first published in 1984, it has consistently aimed to shift the contours of established literary canons and remapped the […]
Voicing Jamaica’s Past to Serve the Future As a Caribbean sociologist, writer and cultural heritage specialist, Margaret Bernal masterfully combines her skills as a poet and a curator in her new book, Island Reliquaries – Voices from a Jamaica Past, published in March 2013. This book harnesses her curator’s role of developing a dialogue between […]