Tonywilliams

LATEST ARTICLES ( 45 )

• Black-owned Bookstores Soldier-on in the Fight to Survive and Thrive

  There is a feeling among writers of color in America that the publishing industry is not giving them a fair shake. Many of them say that they are being... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Habiba Fights to Save Lives in the Campaign Against Fistula

  

  Children's author and women's health advocate, Habiba Cooper Diallo is a 2014 American Express Ashoka Changemaker Emerging Innovator and one of Canada's Top 20... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Britain Set to Welcome Terry McMillan

  

  She's an award-winning, bestselling author with an estimated 11 million copies of her books sold around the world, in 22 languages. Her novels 'Waiting To... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Sort of Caribbean Noir: Between Two Fires by Toni Williams

  

  The following review was written by Daniel Casey, author of the Ascendant Realms Series, In 2006 he ran for the US House of Representatives from Connecticut... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Between Two Fires – a Gripping Read Packed with Mystery, Romance and Suspense

  

  I'm pleased to announce the launch of my new novel Between Two Fires. It's a gripping read packed with mystery, suspense and interracial romance and is set on... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Land of Look Behind – New Book

  

  Deep in the interior of west-central Jamaica, there is an approximately 500 square-mile expanse of rainforest known as the Cockpit Country. It is part of... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2016 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism – Call for Entries

  

  The Kurt Schork Memorial Fund (KSMF) is now accepting submissions for its 2016 awards in international journalism - the only awards of their type for print... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Champion Bubbler – an Interview with Author Jules Mitchell Bailey

  

  'Momma said the first day I got up off the floor to walk I shook my ass like I was a pro. I haven't stopped shaking my ass since. I was born to be an exotic... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bare Lit Festival – Championing the Cause of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...

  

  Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) writers in the U.K. are being marginalised and pigeonholed by the British publishing establishment, which is... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bare Attitude: a Review by Dr. Winsome Chunnu-Brayda

  

  Anthony Frampton's debut novel, Bare Attitude, is a gripping romantic thriller that tells a captivating story of intraregional migration in the Caribbean throug... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tropical Apocalypse: Haiti and the Caribbean End Times

  

  Martin Munro, Winthrop-King Professor of French at Florida State University, is editor of Edwidge Danticat: A Reader (Virginia) and author of Different Drummers... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jamaican Marlon James Wins Man Booker Prize

  

  Jamaican author Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize for his novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. Michael Wood, chair... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• New YA Novel by Diana McCaulay

  

  Papillote Press has announced the forthcoming publication of Gone to Drift by the award-winning Jamaican writer, Diana McCaulay. This young adult novel, which... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tropical Storm Erika Ravages Dominica – Causes Widespread Devastation

  

  Torrential rains caused by Tropical Storm Erika have unleashed devastating floods and landslides on the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, leaving at least... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Turbulent Waters – Battling ‘vagabonds of Culture’ and ‘squanderers of...

  

  Fr. Lambert St. RoseFr. Lambert St. Rose is one of the best-known Roman Catholic clerics in St. Lucia. Whenever he happens to be speaking from the pulpit or... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Strange Mother – a Harrowing Tale of Parental Child Abduction

  

  Maria L. Reid Most of us know the importance of a mother’s love, and those of us who have had the good fortune to experience firsthand the bond of attachment... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Submit Your Work to Institute of Caribbean Studies Book Festival – a...

  

  Caribbean immigrants in the USA are gearing up for what has become one of their biggest and most important celebrations – Caribbean-American Heritage Month,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 2015 Wasafiri New Writing Prize Now Open!

  

  Entries are now welcome for the 2015 Wasafiri New Writing Prize.Wasafiri is one of Britain’s premier magazines for international contemporary writing. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Call for Submissions: The Caribbean Writer – Volume 29

  

  The Caribbean Writer, an international literary journal with a Caribbean focus, has announced a submission call for its 29th edition. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Gabriel García Márquez is Dead

  

  Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years of Solitude” established him as a giant of 20th-century literature, died on Thursda... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE