I put my teacher’s hat on this Spring-break/Easter holiday, and what rewards! Guiding young people in creative writing was like sowing seeds on fertile soil. And, OH MY, how my garden has grown. Caribbean Freedom Fighters, aka Ann Worme, held a creative writing course for 8 – 12 year olds. The young people were mainly […]Read Post ›

At the moment I am writing a story about a Soucouyah (soucouyant) and to my great pleasure I found this video about the Trinidad soucouyah featuring my mentor, and poet laureate, Anson Gonzalez. Anson was very important in Trinidad’s literary development for his pioneering work in publishing The New Voices journal anthologies in the 1970s […]Read Post ›

Lavway Trinidad, our story by Valmiki Maharaj and Lost Tribe Carinval I watched Lavway and thought lockdown has born some splendid fruit that we might otherwise not have had the opportunity to taste.

Ann Worme of Caribbean Freedom Fighters and the Caribbean Storytime Series on Rampoon Radio is at it again. This time she’s brought Caribbean writers together to talk writing and books. Join us on Rampoonradio.com or Rampoon Radio’s live stream on YouTube at 7.00 GMT.

I was relieved when I found this article The Rastafari in Britain: Writing Community-Engaged HistoryNovember, 25, 2019. It is written by Aleema Gray, Community History curator at the Museum of London. When I do research for my stories, I’m always a little disheartened at how little of our Caribbean/British Caribbean history is written by Caribbeans. […]Read Post ›

Something new! Just uploaded. I would tell you about it, but I’ll let it say for itself. Hope you like it. Cause we love it! Diamonds for m’hair/Silver for m’cheeks/White gown glowing/ Danse Lajabless Danse is a little spook to help you through the long covid nights. A little jangle in the jingle to help […]Read Post ›

Gang Gang Sara is the sea breezeGang Gang Sara ride the windGang Gang Sara is the whisperThe whisper on Golden Lane Wednesday, 03 December, 2020, the more than 300 year old Silk Cotton tree from which Gang Gang Sara tried to fly home to Africa, died. Silk Cotton tree on Golden Lane no more. “We […]Read Post ›

Greetings Everyone! As the year winds down – and what a year – cheer yourself up and your loved ones with the gift of fantasy and adventure. What better way to get to the end of 2020 than with a taste of the Caribbean. Yes my novel is available to buy on site! The cover […]Read Post ›

Dr. Blackwood Meeks launched her book of folktales today at the Jamaica Storytelling Convention (Youtube: Rampoon Radio). Her philosophy on Caribbean folklore and folktales echoed the words of Mr. Francis Mading Deng of Sudan. (blog post, 12/11/20, ‘On the Importance of Storytelling) ‘When a storyteller dies, you lose a whole library of stories.’ Truth. In […]Read Post ›