Velma Pollard 1937-2025: “tiday fi mi/ tumaro fi yu”
by Jeremy Poynting
by Jeremy Poynting
Jeremy Poynting
ON THE SYNTACTICS AND POETICS OF SKUNT:
A Celebration of Berkley Wendell Semple's Kipling Plass
Jeremy Poynting
We’re delighted to share the winners of the SI Leeds Literary Prize 2024. Peepal Tree is a proud partner of the SI Leeds Literary Prize, and has supported the prize since its inception.
The 2024 winners are as follows:
The Forward Book of Poetry 2025 collects the best poetry published and performed in Britain and Ireland in the past year. It's a not-to-be-missed overview for poetry fans and a great way in for new readers of contemporary poetry.
This year's poets include Kwame Dawes, Ishion Hutchinson, Pascale Petit, Danez Smith and more.
Peepal Tree Press is saddened to learn of the death of Ameena Gafoor who made an immense contribution to the literary arts in Guyana and to her role in setting up the Ameena Gafoor Institute dedicated to the study of indentureship and its legacies. We provide a link to al creighton's article in Stabroek News which celebrates the importance of Ameena's work.
Words by Jeremy Poynting
To mark the publication of Seepersad Naipaul, Amazing Scenes: Selected Journalism 1928-1953, here's an introduction to his published work, as well as some of the important work that discusses his legacy.
Kwame Dawes, distinguished writer and Peepal Tree's Associate Poetry Editor, has been announced as the next Poet Laureate of Jamaica. He follows Mervyn Morris, Lorna Goodison and Olive Senior. The post lasts for three years and the laureate is charged with both developing poets and a love for poetry in Jamaica.
This is a collection of writing that through its vigour and inventiveness is extremely readable. It makes the case that the very best journalism has every right to be considered as seriously as literary fiction; in a country which has prized the newspaper columnist who combines insight with high style, Seepersad Naipaul claims the status of a pioneer.