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New Issue: Caribbean Beat (Jan/Feb 2021)

Cheers (with a cup of coffee in hand) to Caribbean Beat, which was chosen as the #1 Caribbean magazine in the world [see previous post Top 40 Caribbean blogs and news websites…] As the editors describe, “The latest digital-only issue rings in 2021 with a collection of Carnival memories, in images and words as we reflect on what we truly love about the annual festival, and imagine its post-pandemic future.” See some of the highlights of the Caribbean Beat Jan/Feb 2021 issue below: Need to know by Shelly-Ann Inniss: Make the most of January and February in the Caribbean even  during the time of COVID-19.

Trinidadian authors win Costa Book Awards

Trinidad authors Monique Roffey and Ingrid Persaud won Costa Book Awards for their novels The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story and Love After Love, respectively. Adam Sherwin ( Trinidad celebrated a triumph at the Costa Book Awards with authors born on the Caribbean island winning in the Novel categories. Writer, artist and academic Ingrid Persaud won the Costa First Novel Award for  Love After Love. ‘Dark love story’ The judges said the story of Trinidadian Betty Ramdin, written in Trinidadian prose, was “teeming with life” and “full of unforgettable characters.” Monique Roffey won the Novel Award for her seventh book, 

In Jamaica, Rebel Women Lit Launches the Caribbean Readers Awards

In Jamaica, Rebel Women Lit Launches the Caribbean Readers’ Awards Book club and literary community Rebel Women Lit aims to ‘showcase the amazing range’ of Caribbean literature with the newly launched Caribbean Readers’ Awards. Shortlisted titles for the 2020 edition of the newly launched Caribbean Readers’ Awards. Image: Rebel Women Lit By Hannah Johnson | @hannahsjohnson ‘2020 Was a Big Year for Caribbean Authors’ Voting is now open for the debut cycle of the Caribbean Readers’ Awards, a new initiative from the Jamaica-based book club and literary community Rebel Women Lit, founded in 2017 by Jherane Patmore. “Caribbean literature is so much more diverse than our scholastic reading lists would suggest,” says Patmore in a prepared statement on the launch of the awards. “Rebel Women Lit decided to create these awards so that we can showcase the amazing range that Caribbean lit has to offer.”

Godmother of Caribbean literature, Marina Salandy-Brown, honorary fellow of Royal Society of Literature – Repeating Islands

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Janine Mendes-Franco ( Global Voices) writes about Marina Salandy-Brown’s contributions to the arts and literary world, especially in the Anglophone Caribbean, and her recent recognition as Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and as recipient of Chile’s inaugural Ferdinand Magellan Award for Innovation. For the last 10 years, Marina Salandy-Brown has been expanding the scope and reach of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest (named for its title sponsor, the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago), now widely considered the Caribbean’s premier literary festival, but she’s been a reader all her life. Her passion for the region’s literature has now earned her an honorary fellowship in the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), which is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey review — fins aren t what they were | Saturday Review

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