Heavenly reading
Many a journalist has dreamed of escaping the rigours of the newsroom and becoming a novelist or poet. Trinidad-born Niala Maharaj has...
Caribbean bookshelf (July/August 2006)
University of Hunger: Collected Poems and Selected Prose Martin Carter, ed. Gemma Robinson (Bloodaxe Books, ISBN 1-85224-710-X, 320 pp) For...
Peepal Tree Press spreads its branches
One of the ironies of the Caribbean publishing business is that the world’s leading publisher of Caribbean literature is located...
Rhythm roundup (July/August 2006)
Long Live Calypso Lord Superior (Kaisoul) Michael Horne, co-director and -producer of the well received documentary Calypso Dreams, passed...
Dominique Le Gendre: musical tales
Dominique Le Gendre is a busy woman. In August, the Trinidad-born composer — now an associate artist at London’s Royal Opera House —...
Hot nights in San Juan
Latinos have perfected the melding of sensuality and mysticism in the ritual of the salsa dance. July 2006 will see 1,500 congregants from...
Gallery roundup (July/August 2006)
Stanley Greaves: Shadows Move Among Them Zemicon Gallery, Barbados Dedicated to the late writer Edgar Mittelholzer, this new series of...
Island hopper (July/August 2006)
In July and August, most of the Caribbean’s schoolchildren are on their long vacation, and it’s the height of the rainy season —...
