Category: Barbados

  • Book Digest: TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, Mubanga Kalimamukwento

    Book Digest: TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, Mubanga Kalimamukwento

    Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. The Legend of Arniston House by TL Huchu Publisher: Tor BooksDate: November 12, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan, Amazon TL Huchu T. L. Huchu has been published previously (as Tendai Huchu) in the adult…

  • Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced

    Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced

    The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories, workshops,…

  • Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 shortlists announced.

    Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 shortlists announced.

    The shortlists for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 were announced on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Here are the African and Caribbean writers in the running. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English in the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and…

  • UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 longlist announced

    UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 longlist announced

    The longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 was announced on Tuesday, February 5, 2024. These are the writers of African descent and Palestinian in the running. The Women’s Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious literary prizes. Started in 1996, it is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality…

  • Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 shortlists announced.

    Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 shortlists announced.

    The shortlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s literary awards were named on Monday, August 14, 2023. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations about Caribbean identity…

  • Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 longlists announced.

    Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 longlists announced.

    The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s literary awards were named on Monday, July 31, 2023. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations about Caribbean identity…

  • OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2023 longlist announced.

    OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2023 longlist announced.

    The longlist for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2023 was announced in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction…

  • BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 finalists announced.

    BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 finalists announced.

    The finalists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were made public on Sunday, August 21, 2022. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations…

  • BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 shortlists announced.

    BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 shortlists announced.

    The shortlists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were revealed on Saturday, August 13, 2022. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations about…

  • BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 longlist announced.

    BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 longlist announced.

    The longlists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were announced on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30, 2022. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to…

  • Barbadian novelist and poet George Lamming has passed away.

    Barbadian novelist and poet George Lamming has passed away.

    Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet George Lamming passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022. George Lamming was born on June 8, 1927, in Barbados and started his career as a teacher before emigrating to England and finding work as a broadcaster for the BBC Colonial Service. His debut novel In the Castle of My Skin…

  • OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022 longlist announced.

    OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022 longlist announced.

    The longlist for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2022, with nine writers with roots in five different Caribbean countries, was announced on February 27, 2022. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011, based in Trinidad…

  • Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2021 longlists announced.

    Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2021 longlists announced.

    The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2021 were announced on August 9 and August 14, 2021. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF), founded in 2019, is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet. It is designed to facilitate vibrant…

  • YouTube channel “Kamau Brathwaite Remix Engine” celebrates Caribbean legend.

    YouTube channel “Kamau Brathwaite Remix Engine” celebrates Caribbean legend.

    The Kamau Brathwaite Remix Engine YouTube channel has been celebrating Caribbean legend Kamau Brathwaite since it was set up on May 8, 2020. Kamau Brathwaite, who was born in Barbados and lived all over the world including a stint in Ghana, was widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. Starting…