2024 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Charmaine “Nailah Folami Imoja” Gill. Video Copyright © 2024 by the Central Bank of Barbados.
Frank Collymore Awards Celebrate Literary Excellence, Cultural Identity (Adapted from barbadostoday.bb.)
IN A VIBRANT celebration of Barbadian letters, the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment (FCLE) showcased the island’s rich literary talent at its 27th awards ceremony.
Who you?
What part you from?
How you feel bout life in this here Buhbayduss?
2023 Frank Collymore Literary Award winner Christine Barrow. Photo Copyright © 2024 by Christine Barrow.
Christine Barrow adjudged Best Entrant at the 26th FCLE Awards (Adapted from barbadostoday.bb)
CHRISTINE BARROW was the top entrant in the 26th Frank Collymore Literary Endowment competition for her prose fiction work Rainbow Window. She was awarded the $7500 second prize, however, as the judges declined to award a first place.
NALA CAN'T HELP BUT CREATE. The multi-hyphenate Barbadian (actor, writer, painter, and playwright) has turned a series of cartoons created and shared over the years, primarily online, into a collection called The Philosophy & Opinions of the $2 Philosopher!! It is a curious but compelling book of situational observations, humour and sometimes critiques of modern values. In this way, the book falls into a more extensive, rich history of cartoons and comics in Barbados.
THIS SLIM VOLUME calls itself a memoir of a woman whose life was affected by the volcanic eruption of Montserrat’s Soufrière in 1995. Weekes was born in London of Montserratian parentage and she grew up there and in Montserrat.
She describes herself as writer, performance poet, actor and educator, and all these identities take turns at directing this intensely personal narrative.
ARTSETC NOTES with sadness the passing of Jamaican journalist, sportscaster and author Hubert Lawrence.
A popular and respected figure in the sporting world in Jamaica and regionally, Hubert died suddenly on Friday, February 23, aged 63. His passing sparked much outpouring of shock, disbelief and sorrow on social media among those who knew or worked with him.
