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“Everything we write stands one foot on land, the other in the sea. We can’t help it: we’re from where the air is clear, so it’s almost impossible to think small. Because, for all our smallness, it is only when we come to places like the United States of the United Kingdom that we actually confront the minute, the hemmed-in, and the cut off. It is where we, for the first time, have to make do with ultra-confined space, regimented lives, contracted social circles, and no easy escape. How odd it is, then, an oddness that doesn’t escape a single writer from an island country, that we have to return to our small islands if only to remember how to live large.” – Marlon James, Introduction, So Many Islands This year, I am continuing to focus on my backlist – reading books I’ve always want to read rather than what’s hot at the moment. For me, it’s a personal choice. I usually read books when the hype has died down so I can make my own judgment call in my own timing. Recently, I completed So Many Islands, an anthology from Peekash Press, with contributing work from island writers across the globe. For me, the standout stories and poems include: 🌟Neo-Walt Village Combing by Mere Taito (Fiji) 🌟Plaine-Verte by Sabah Carrim (Mauritius) 🌟Granny Dead by Melanie Schwapp (Jamaica) 🌟Beached by Angela Barry (Bermuda) 🌟Roses for Mister Thorne by Jacob Ross (Grenada) Have you ever read it? Do you like anthologies? Share in the comments! #somanyislands #peekashpress #literaryanthology #ReadCaribbean #island360 #islandlife #shortstory #postcolonial #pocwriters

"4:30 a.m. Stuck on the side of the road in convoy for Abu Simbel. And we're off finally. Dozed off a little while after and woke up to a pale dawn over the desert...By 10 a.m., the area is already swarming with tourists since we all came in convoy." (Journal entry, 2006) #abusimbel #egypt #travelwriting #traveljournal #trinidadianwriter #tbt #ontheroad #overlanding

RIP poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, a distinctive Bajan/Caribbean voice. #edwardbrathwaite #kamaubrathwaite #caribbeanpeople #caribbeanpoet #ReadCaribbean #CaribbeanLiterature #caribbeanbooks #blackdiaspora #TheArrivants

“Soft-Paw did sound almost sad when he tell the bwoy-dem that he had a feeling he would love to always see August Town through the lens of the white gyal’s camera because he see things that he never see in all his twenty-nine years – a kind of loveliness in the people and the place.” Kei Miller, Kingston Noir #ReadCaribbean #KingstonNoir #CaribbeanLiterature #shortstory #caribbeanwriters #noir #akashicbooks

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” Terry Pratchett #tbt

#ReadCaribbean Challenge

Together with a group of handpicked Caribbean bookstagrammers, this June, I am getting involved with a #ReadCaribbean challenge on Instagram to encourage more readers to discover Caribbean literature.

June 2019 is recognized as Caribbean Heritage Month so to celebrate, we’re encouraging you to:

read books by Caribbean nationals
read books about the Caribbean
read books set in the Caribbean

Here are some prompts to get you inspired! Are you on board?

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For those ready to get on board, here are the #ReadCaribbean challenge deets for this June. Join me and a host of other Caribbean bookstagrammers for this epic literary journey. Are you stoked yet?

A post shared by Suzanne Bhagan (@suzannebhagan) on May 25, 2019 at 3:37am PDT

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Posted on June 1, 2019June 1, 2019Author Suzanne BhaganCategories books, Caribbean

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