News from Authors

Adam Lowe speaks to the Museum of Colour about his contributions to the museum's collection on Black British writers, and speaks about his work. 

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The late Dr Denis Williams (1923-1998) excelled in many fields. This short session looks primarily at two: his work as an artist and his work as an archaeologist. Stanley Greaves speaks to the former, Professor Mark Plew to the latter. This session continues the Moray House Trust Samaan Tree Series.

The Moray House Trust's third annual recital of poems on the theme of love includes Martin Carter's "Letter 2" (written while he was imprisoned at Atkinson Field), as well as poems by Michael Aarons, Stephanie Bowry, Juanita Cox, Robert (Bobby) Fernandes, Keon Heywood, Lloyd Marshall, Ian McDonald and others. The recital lasts half an hour.

Moray House published readings from an essay by the late Kamau Brathwaite, entitled "Martin Carter's Poetry of the Negative Yes". In the essay, Brathwaite explores the metaphysical in Martin's poems. Brathwaite pays particular attention to the poems: "I am No Soldier", "With that Loan", "Bent", and "Ground Doves". These readings commemorate Martin Carter's birthday and form part of the Moray House Trust Samaan Tree Series.

In its end-of-year article Original Observer Photography, The Observer features a wonderful photograph of Peepal Tree writer Anthony Joseph and his cat, Nara, photographed in Camberwell Green, London for a quiz in the Puzzle special.

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The latest issue of BIM is now out and features a number of Peepal Tree authors. 

The journal has an in memoriam section dedicated to George Lamming, including the poems "Memory" by Esther Phillips and "For George Lamming" by John Robert Lee. 

The Editorial Team of the Journal of West Indian Literature (JWIL) joins many in Jamaica and beyond in mourning the loss of Edward Baugh, who passed away on December 9, 2023, at the age of 87. Eddie, as many knew him, was a distinguished poet, scholar, and teacher. 

Read the statement in full.

Khadijah Ibrahiim's poem "Union Jack" has been selected as this week's Poem of the Week in the Yorkshire Times. The poem is from her debut collection, Another Crossing.

Olivia Colman, Maxine Peake, Alexei Sayle, Candice Carty-Williams, afshan d'souza lodhi and Bidisha join Peepal Tree poets Malika Booker, Adam Lowe and Seni Seneviratne in signing a letter calling out the repression of Palestinian voices during the current war in Gaza. 

John Robert Lee is a Saint Lucian writer. He is a poet and writes fiction and non-fiction. His work is well anthologized. He has published several volumes of poetry and edited a number of texts of poetry and other writing. His reviews and articles appear in many newspapers and journals, print and online.

Caribbean Writers and Poets: John Robert Lee, your new book of poems, Belmont Portfolio, is published by Peepal Tree Pree Peepal Tree Press of Leeds this November. What can your readers expect?