Caribbean Children's Fiction

What memories will today’s children have of Christmas? I wonder. Is it still such a special season for them? I grew up in Kingston, and m...

I am so proud of my student from my last writing class, Stephanie Lloyd. She won a gold medal and trophies in the Jamaica Cultural Developm...

Our Language Dilemma Creole (patois/patwa) versus Standard English – the debate continues. It spills over into writing stories for our ch...

My thanks to Peepal Tree Press for including the fact that I won a Silver Musgrave Medal in their latest newsletter. Adam Lowe also put in t...

When geocities closed down their free hosting of websites, I thought all the information would disappear. I am seeing now that they are res...

My plaque from the Institute of Jamaica for the Silver Musgrave Medal of which I am very proud.

I belong to a generation which often forgets to blow its own trumpet. (Don't boast they used to warn) So, I forgot to post my m...

My granddaughter's computer generated art at 6 years of age. Just recently recovered it from my old geocities page. Think I will write ...

This is a question I have asked before. When you are writing from a small country with specific cultural differences to the world’s leadi...

My very good friend and fellow writer of children's stories Diane Browne won the special prize for children's story in the commonwe...

I hope this link to the New York Times article stays available for some time Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope? By ROBERT LIPSYTE Publi...

With reference to Freedom Come by Jean Goulbourne  Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd . History textbooks usually just give fact...