The Bridgetown Literary Tours - 2025

    

What is it?
A bus tour showcasing literary works by Barbadian authors that celebrate or are otherwise linked to landmarks within Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison. In other words–a tour of Barbados' capital city with its writers as your guides!

How long has it been running?
The tours were created in 2013 by the Hon. Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados, and Robert Edison Sandiford and Linda M. Deane of ArtsEtc. Read an overview here.

Who are the authors featured on the tour?
See the maps and photos below. Click the links to discover more.



 


Winston Farrell "IX" from Barefoot on Ice



Linda M. Deane, The Summer Storyteller
"We Tek He Down" (Essay version)



Anthony "Mighty Gabby" Carter



Elombe Mottley



Hilton A. Vaughan
Read "Revelation"

 


 


John Wickham


Kamau Brathwaite
View ArtsEtc's waveline for Kamau



Esther Phillips
Read "Vast Interiors," the Poet Laureate's Studio for ArtsEtc
 



Frank Collymore
The Literary Endowment

 




Robert Edison Sandiford
Read "A Turn in the Road," Robert's most recent blog



George Lamming
Read Karen Lord's review of In the Castle of My Skin



Austin Clarke
Read "Sail On, Prince of Tides," a tribute to Clarke by Robert Edison Sandiford
 

DISCOVER MORE BARBADIAN AUTHORS AND LITERATURE HERE!