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Revival: An Anthoglogy of Black Canadian Writing »
By Gwyneth Cumberbatch
| Posted: February 11, 2006
Shortly after the first edition of this newsletter was published, Donna Bailey Nurse was one of the first people to say how much she liked it. CaribbeanTales staff were thrilled. Since then she has remained close, supportive and always interested in everything that CaribbeanTales does.
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A View for Freedom: Alfie Roberts Speaks on the Caribbean, Cricket, Montreal and C.L.R. James: Part I »
By Adrian Harewood
| Posted: February 07, 2006
In the fall of 1995 a few dozen of the top writers in Canada’s literary firmament gathered at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa to take part in the Black Writers Conference. Andre Alexis, George Elliott Clarke and Nalo Hopkinson were just some of the authors present. It was somewhat curious, given the august assembly, that the
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Audio Book Obeah »
I is a Long Memoried Woman bewitches the ears
By Gwyneth Cumberbatch | Posted: October 10, 2005
Audio Books are magic. I keep them in my car. That way I listen to a story when driving to and from work everyday. I listen on weekends too, driving from the grocery to the laundry to the post office and so on, completing the mindless chores that define my life. Not for me the foolish shock jock radio chatter. I did not have to tolerate boring Stuart McLean reruns courtesy of the arrogant CBC lockout. I’m always on Cloud Nine with my latest
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Reviewers wanted! »
Looking for a great summer read? Want to tell others what you thought of it? CaribbeanTales is looking for you.
By CaribbeanTales Staff | Posted: August 01, 2005
Here at CaribbeanTales we have many books on our shelves by diverse Caribbean authors waiting to be reviewed! If you've recently read a wonderful tale by a Caribbean author, or would like to, CaribbeanTales would like to publish your story.
Some items from our bookshelf
* He Drown She in the Sea – Shani Mootoo
* What we All Long For – Dionne Brand
* The Heart Does not Bend
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Azucar's Sweet Hope: Her Story Continues »
Part two of the trilogy of books from Alan Cambeira
By Laurel Johnson, Midwest Book Review | Posted: March 30, 2005
In this second novel in the Azúcar Trilogy, Alan Cambeira once again works prosaic magic as a story teller. Lush Caribbean locales, a seductive story line, and clearly defined characters kept me riveted from page one. Cambeira's style is beguiling.
Azúcar's Sweet Hope picks up several years after book one ends. Azúcar Ferrand-St. Jacques and her soulmate Lucien have formed
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Azúcar! The Story of Sugar »
A Review of work by Dominican Republic author Alan Cambeira
By Laurel Johnson, Midwest Book Review | Posted: March 09, 2005
Azúcar! is a beautifully written, starkly realistic story of life on a Caribbean sugar cane plantation. Alan Cambeira constructs this tale with vivid prose and memorable characters. Readers will be enchanted and horrified in turn, as they are transported into the lives of those who toil in horrible conditions from sunup to sundown harvesting the cane fields. Those living
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From ABENG to ZOMBI: »
Olive Senior's Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage
By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005
Many of us know the taste of Jerk. But did you know that this form of cooking originated with the Incas from Peru and was used by the Maroons?
Or that the word dutchie stands for Dutch Pot?
Or that there are 10 distinctive types of cutlasses and over 60 different names for the tool?
All of these interesting and informative details about common words used by many of us in the Caribbean come from the extensively researched
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