Read Caribbean
The month of June is celebrated as Caribbean Heritage Month and it is a month where we encourage people to Read Caribbean. In 2019 I started the calling June Read Caribbean month to tie in with the Heritage month celebrations. This initiative was started to create awareness for Caribbean Literature, Caribbean Authors and Authors from Caribbean Heritage. There needs to be a space for Caribbean Writers and Literature because our voice is so uniquely ours.
The aim of the Read Caribbean month is to encourage persons to:
- Read books by Caribbean Nationals/ persons of Caribbean heritage
- Books about the Caribbean
- Books set in the Caribbean
With 2022 being our fourth year, we want to make a bigger impact. Currently we have Caribbean Bookstagrammers who will be advocating for reading Caribbean all of June. 2022 promises to be an amazing year for #ReadCaribbean. Be sure to follow the hashtag #ReadCaribbean on Instagram to see all that we get up to!
2023 BookOfCinz Book Club
BookOfCinz Book Club is going into its fifth year in 2023. To celebrate we are changing things up a little bit. When I first started this book club, I wanted it to be a space where we celebrate Women- Caribbean Women, Women of Caribbean heritage, Black Women and Women...
Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera
Neruda on the Park explores the age old question of “where is home”, is it a place? What is it? Home, she told herself, could be a place, a person, a feeling, at times, a profession, the end result of a long pursuit. A fluid thing, for sure, but precious. I absolutely...
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
This is what I call a brilliant collection of essays! This be read and studied widely! Brilliant! In Kei Miller’s long-awaited collection of essays Things I Have Withheld , he exams in the author note, silence, his body and how it is viewed by others. This is...
2023 Read Caribbean Releases
I know I say this every year but 2023 will be amazing year for persons who Read Caribbean. Some amazing debut Caribbean Authors will be hitting the shelves in 2023 and I am here to let you know about all of them! 2023 promises to be a big year for Read Caribbean...
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
Stunning, deeply-moving, affecting, and filled with hope! Eleanor Shearer’s debut novel is a testament to mother’s love, a redemptive story! River Sing Me Home is a sprawling debut novel set during the 1834s that takes us to Barbados, British Guiana (now Guyana) and...
FORTUNE by Amanda Smyth
YES YES YES YES YES!!!! This is what I call great storytelling!!! YESSSS!!!! 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 his way to Port of Spain where he...