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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.
And Still They Stand
Blog Post about two reviews of Papillote Press’ Still Standing: the Ti Kais of Dominica by Adom Philogene Heron, with photographs by Marica Honychurch.
My Ti Kai, My Home
Olive Bell remembers life in a ti kai as a child and how that experience inspired her to become an architect. She collaborated on the making of ‘Still Standing” The ti kai of Dominica.
Making Connections
Three women writers of Dominica – Jean Rhys, subject of much acclaimed biography by Miranda Seymour, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, and Elma Napier.
En Papillote reading by Mac Donald Dixon
Papillote Press continues its En Papillote series with a reading by Mac Donald Dixon, author of the just published A Scream in the Shadows.
Papillote Press authors at Brooklyn Caribbean Lit Fest
Papillote Press authors at Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival.
New Website
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Emancipation Day
It’s important to remember those who resisted slavery in the Caribbean – and not just on Emancipation Day (1 August).
Launch of Dangerous Freedom by Lawrence Scott
The launch of Lawrence Scott’s new historical novel “Dangerous Freedom” took place in March 2021.
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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