Heavenly reading By Sheldon Charles | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Trinidadian writer Niala Maharaj’s debut novel Like Heaven aims for the stratosphere
Caribbean Bookshelf (July/August 2006) By Various Contributors | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) An authoritative new edition of Martin Carter’s poems, Elizabeth Nunez’s Prospero’s Daughter, plus a roundup of other new Caribbean books
Peepal Tree Press spreads its branches By Simon Lee | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) The world’s leading publisher of Caribbean literature makes its home in chilly Leeds
Rhythm roundup (July/August 2006) By Various Contributors | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) New albums from the Caribbean
Dominique Le Gendre: musical tales By Tracy Assing | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Trinidadian composer Dominique Le Gendre’s chamber suite Tales of the Islands comes home
Hot nights in San Juan By Sabrina Vailloo | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) The tenth anniversary Puerto Rico Salsa Congress heats up San Juan
Gallery roundup (July/August 2006) By Various Contributors | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) A roundup of exciting exhibitions at museums and galleries from Guyana to Jamaica to New York
Island hopper (July/August 2006) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) What’s happening in the Caribbean in July and August — a host of Carnivals, a strong dose of reggae, plus Emancipation Day celebrations
Betty West: “When they look tired I say, ‘Look at me!’” By Robert Edison Sandiford | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Barbados Crop Over bandleader and designer Betty West on the importance of understanding history and preserving culture
Olive Senior: speaking back to home By Martin Mordecai | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Jamaican Olive Senior is one of the most celebrated and beloved Caribbean writers working today. Martin Mordecai profiles the “country girl”
Double your pleasure: Sint Maarten or Saint-Martin By Philip Sander | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Two islands in one? Sint Maarten or Saint-Martin, part Dutch, part French, is two nations, two cultures, two experiences
Up next in Jamaican music By Kellie Magnus | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Kellie Magnus asks some of the biggest movers and shakers on the Jamaican music scene to name the up-and-comers most likely to take the world by storm
Unlonely Londoners By Tracy Assing | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) The postwar wave of migration from the West Indies to the United Kingdom that started with the Empire Windrush changed the face of London
Building excitement: hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean By James Fuller | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) In 2007 the West Indies will host the ICC Cricket World Cup. James Fuller looks at how the host territories are preparing
Toffee experiment & more By Various Contributors | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Anu Lakhan embarks on the Great Experiment: to recreate, or at least approximate, the perfect toffee, plus more
Boy days: Patrick Chamoiseau By James Ferguson | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) Is Patrick Chamoiseau’s Childhood a “minor” work? Maybe, says James Ferguson
Splashback: the return of Reggae Sunsplash By Garry Steckles | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) In 2006, Jamaica’s famous Reggae Sunsplash music festival returns after an absence of nine years. Garry Steckles, for one, is thrilled
Start small, think big By James Fuller | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) How can individual investors with limited resources get into the stock market? James Fuller discovers Caribbean financial firms ready to help
Rammer jammers By Nazma Muller | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) A gang of Kingston bandits choose the wrong trio of young women to mess with: Nazma Muller and her friends
No empty promises By Peter Davies BWIA Chief Executive Officer | Issue 80 (July/August 2006) "Our business plan shows how BWIA can become an excellent, customer-oriented, competitive and profitable carrier"
