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London - Christie’s announces The Art of Literature, part of London Now, an exhibition showcasing a selection of artistic masterpieces inspired by literature through the ages. From depictions of scenes from Virgil’s Aeneid by the Old Masters, to the collaboration between artist Peter Doig and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, the connection between the visual and literary arts has
A review of Peggy Carr’s SHAPE OF A WARRIOR – A Pre-Columbian Vincentian Story
Author Peggy Carr (seated right) signing copies of her book ‘Shape of a Warrior’ at the book’s launch Social Share
by Andrea Bowman
In the ‘Author’s Note’ of her first novel SHAPE OF A WARRIOR, Peggy Carr states that, “the writing of this book has been an intriguing journey in tribute to the people who gave St Vincent and the Grenadines a place in history as the last Caribbean territory to fall to European colonization”. Therefore, this novel, which was eight years in the making, celebrates a unique aspect of Vincentian history and as such it belongs to us, Vincentians. In addition to this, from a literary and an historical perspective, our author’s journey, as does the journey of the novel’s heroine, Yurubi, begins in Hiroon, Yurumein, both indigenous names of our country. This novel is set in and shaped by St Vincent and the Grenadines and it is a veritable t
Ingrid Persaud
Ingrid Persaud, Trinidad-born writer living in London, whose debut novel Love After Love published in 2020 by Faber in the UK is shortlisted for the hugely prestigious Costa First Novel Award. Persaud won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2017 and the BBC National Short Story Award in 2018. She read law at the LSE and was an academic before studying fine art at Goldsmiths and Central Saint Martins. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Prospect, The Guardian, The Independent, National Geographic, Five Dials and Pree magazines. Ingrid Persaud’s Love After Love shortlisted for the Costa Prize for a Debut writer as it represents a breakthrough in the Caribbean novel while exploring universal themes of domestic violence, sexuality, and self-harm. This nomination comes at a time that appears to be a renaissance for women writers in the Caribbean, and particularly Trinidad.