John Robert Lee joined Delia Dolor at the podcast Metaphorically Speaking to discusses his poem 'Lusca', dedicated to Nobel Laureate Sir Derek Walcott, and how the eponymous character is used as a metaphor for the land of their birth, Saint Lucia.
Poet Laureate of Barbados Esther Phillips recently spoke to Channel 4 News about Barbados becoming a republic and the Drax Hall estate. You can watch the film on YouTube below.
Esther Phillips speaks eloquently about Barbados' history, independence and future with The World's Marco Werman:
Harriett Gilbert talks to the multi-award-winning Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey about her enchanting novel The Mermaid of Black Conch, which won the 2020 Costa Book of the Year. Roffey spins the mesmerising tale of a cursed mermaid and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her.
Diana McCaulay was interviewed for The Environment, the magazine for the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management. She talks about climate justice and her latest novel, Daylight Come:
In The Beacon, Cyril Dabydeen writes about the influence of V.S. Naipaul:
Ann-Margaret Lim writes for the Jamaica Gleaner:
Monday, October 18, we celebrate Heroes Day in Jamaica. We also have individual heroes and for many of us, they include our parents and a few others.
My living Jamaican heroes include: Olive Senior, Eddie Baugh, Mervyn Morris, Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair.
The poem below is my tribute to Professor Emeritus Mervyn Morris.
Poems on the Underground has made some of its tube poems available online.
Ann-Margaret Lim has just published the poem 'One Summer' for Poem-a-Day at Poets.org. Of the poem, Ann-Margaret says,
Thursday 21 October
7.30-9pm, ages 12+
Book online via Curzon Cinema & Arts
