2021 promises to be a big year for Read Caribbean releases, I for one am excited! We have a lot of debut novels coming out and we will be hearing…
Fortune is set in 1920S Trinidad and Tobago, during the oil boom, when oil was seen as the black gold. The book opens with Eddie Wade truck breaking down on…
“Motherhood is a mental illness” -Ramona from the movie Hustlers The book opens with twenty-two years old Missy, who is a cellist in an indie rock band that is about…
This book explores grief and what it is like to grieve in such a nuanced way. The book opens with Cassandra who is twelve and her brother Wayne who is…
Atmospheric, immersive, un-put-down-able, truly impressive storytelling from a Caribbean voice you will want to hear from again…and again…. Hungry Ghosts opens with four boys doing a blood pact that will make…
Truly an unforgettable read that explores father-daughter relationship Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell opens with Circus Palmer, a forty-year-old ladies man and trumpet player finding out that one…
Solid collection that explores Jamaicans living in Jamaica and around the world- well written and deeply insightful The Islands is a collection of ten short stories that explores immigration, classism, the…
It took two stopovers and nineteen hours of total flying time for me to become Black Son of Elsewhere is Elamin Abdelmahmoud memoir told in pieces about leaving behind his…
A lot of teeth… zero bite If this book was a show- it would be Girls, if this book was a person it would be Lena Dunham. The girls that get…
Contemporary novel set in Barbados that centers a local family who owns a hotel… GIVE IT TO ME! The Island of Forgetting is Jasmine Sealy’s debut novel and what am stunning…