A River Called Time

A River Called Time (Canongate/Akashic), the latest novel by Courttia Newland — a British writer with Barbadian roots — is an ambitious speculative fiction offering alternate histories of London through parallel and sometimes dystopian timelines, which intersect in the consciousness of the protagonist. Combining the plot of a thriller with deep delves into physics and […]

Islands at War

Islands at War: Trinidad and Tobago During World War II (Paria Publishing), by historian Bridget Brereton and librarian Karen E. Eccles, is a collection of essays on various aspects of the social and cultural life of T&T during a climactic historical period, with a focus on how women, labour leaders, and literary figures, among others, […]

The Gift of Music and Song

In The Gift of Music and Song: Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers (Peepal Tree Press), Jacqueline Bishop — winner of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Non-Fiction — brings together conversations with eighteen writers, ranging from icons such as Lorna Goodison, Olive Senior, and Velma Pollard to younger voices like Tanya Shirley, Ann-Margaret Lim, and […]

All the Rage

All the Rage (Nightboat), the second collection of poems by Trinidadian-American Rosamond S. King, tacking “state violence, racism, and the persistence of Black desire, resistance, and joy.”

Beginnings, Endings, and Salt

Beginnings, Endings, and Salt: Essays on a Journey through Writing and Literature (Books & Books Press), a new collection of creative non-fiction by Haitian-American Edwidge Danticat.