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Looting Hummingbirds and Daniel Thaly
In the first quarter of the 20th century, Daniel Thaly (1879-1950) of Dominica, then a British Caribbean colony, was one of France’s most celebrated poets.
The Round Table Book Review of Lost and Found
“Digging so much deeper”….In reviewing Lost and Found, Debbie Ransome, former head of the BBC’s Caribbean Service (1997-2011) and now editor of the Commonwealth Round Table, writes:
Spiracle Interview with Polly Pattullo
Papillote Press’s Polly Pattullo Spiracle Special Feature ‘A foot in both camps’
2025 OCM Bocas Prize shortlists:Resistance, Refuge, Revival: The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica (Papillote Press)
Lennox Honychurch’s Resistance, Refuge, Revival: The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.
Activity Sheets for Good Night My Sweet Island
Activity Sheets – Exclusive bumper pack of 16 activities, through the Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Program 2024 for Good Night My Sweet Island.
Looking for Cazabon By Lawrence Scott
Lawrence Scott’s Looking for Cazabon, reflects on the watercolours and the sites of the 19th-century Trinidadian artist Michel Jean Cazabon.
Summer Reading Challenge
We’re delighted that Good Night My Sweet Island, our new children’s picture book by Petrea Honychurch Seaman and illustrated by Susanne Heitz has been chosen by the UK’s Reading Agency as one of only 25 picture books for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
Remembering Clayton Shillingford
Dr Clayton Shillingford, who sadly died last month, was one of 22 Dominican returnees who featured in Home Again: Stories of Migration and Return.
First Visit – Meeting Dominica and Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Forty years ago I first visited Dominica to interview writer and politician Phyllis Shand Allfrey (and Prime Minister Eugenia Charles) for a UK newspaper.
Elma Napier Remembered
It is 50 years this month since the death of Elma Napier, writer, pioneering environmentalist, and the first woman to sit in a West Indian House of Assembly.
Series of en Papillote Press Book Readings
A reading from Dangerous Freedom
A reading from RIFF
A reading from Home Home
A reading from Gone to Drift
A reading from Gone to Drift
A reading from Abraham’s Treasure
A reading from The Art of White Roses
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