Embark, Literature, Reviews, Food and Cuisine
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Caribbean Bookshelf (September/October 2016) | Book Reviews
A Walk Back in Time: Snapshots of the History of Trinidad and Tobago, by Angelo Bissessarsingh (Queen Bishop Publishing, 225 pp, ISBN...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 140 (July/August 2016)
Caribbean Bookshelf (July/August 2016)
You Have You Father Hard Head, by Colin Robinson (Peepal Tree Press, 116 pp, ISBN 9781845233167) “I shall go without companions, and with...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 139 (May/June 2016)
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 2016)
The Pain Tree, by Olive Senior (Cormorant Books, 194 pp, ISBN 9781770864344) The magic of Olive Senior’s stories is that they weather...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 138 (March/April 2016)
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 2016)
The Whale House, by Sharon Millar (Peepal Tree Press, 128 pp, ISBN 9781845232498) Within an island, no matter how small, many other worlds...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 136 (November/December 2015)
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2015)
The Star Side of Bird Hill, by Naomi Jackson (Penguin Press, 304 pp, ISBN 9781594205958) “Oh dear heart. Too much of even what you love...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 135 (September/October 2015)
Caribbean Bookshelf (September/October 2015)
The Galaxy Game, by Karen Lord (Del Rey, 336 pp, ISBN 9780345534071) Love, politics, and sweat commingle in The Galaxy Game, Barbadian...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 134 (July/August 2015)
Caribbean Bookshelf (July/August 2015)
A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James (Riverhead Books, 704 pp, ISBN 9781594486005) Many roads in writing have led to Bob...
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 133 (May/June 2015)
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 2015)
Sounding Ground, by Vladimir Lucien (Peepal Tree Press, 73 pp, ISBN 9781845232399) The narrator in one of St Lucian Vladimir Lucien’s...