What an editor does and why it matters, with Jeremy Poynting
Peepal Tree Press founder Jeremy Poynting breaks down the role of an editor, and how they shape your book.
Media Format: Podcast
Don’t Sell Yourself Short: Marketing & Promotion for Authors with Marina Salandy Brown
It doesn’t matter how good your book is — if you can’t convince anybody that your book is worth reading, it won’t sell! Marina Salandy-Brown…
Translating the Past
Colonised by foreign invaders, forced to speak a new language, resisting a predatory ruling class — is this medieval England, or the modern Caribbean? Or…
Are writers born or made?
Are writers born or made? And how can workshopping nurture your talent?, with Muli Amaye, author and head of the creative writing MFA programme at…
5,000 copies and counting: the story of Brown Sugar & Spice with Betty Peter
Brown Sugar and Spice is one of the bestselling children’s books in Trinidadian history — how did author Betty Peter, who had no previous background…
How the publishing business really works with Malaika Adero
Publishing is an ecosystem. There is the creative side, where it begins with you as the writer, but then there is the publishing process, the…
Readings by Rahul Bhattacharya and Chika Unigwe
Readings by the Indian author of The Sly Company of People Who Care and the Nigerian author of On Black Sisters Street at the 2012…
Mervyn Morris: Poetry and a Conversation
In 2012, Jamaican poets Kei Miller and Mervyn Morris share the stage to read from their recent poetry, and share a comfortable conversation with Programme…
Olive Senior: Dying To Better Themselves
Olive Senior talks to historian Bridget Brereton in the year that Dying To Better Themselves won the OCM Bocas Prize for Non-fiction, a groundbreaking book…
Edward Baugh: Black Sand
In 2015, eminent Jamaican poet and scholar Edward Baugh reads from his collection Black Sand, and discusses his life in Caribbean letters with Marjorie Thorpe.