Bloomsbury Festival and Cold Islanders host a book club session discussing Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch.
“The Mermaid of Black Conch is a new Caribbean myth that feels as ancient as the very beginning of oral storytelling. Its modernity comes from the way it weaves in fresh ideas on gender, sexuality, ecology, history, migration, transformation and transfiguration. The monumental task of finding that liminal space between the ancient and the modern is done so seamlessly that Monqiue Roffey will have you think that always knew this story somehow, deep down in the marrow of your bones.” Roger Robinson
Recommended Reads by Caribbean authors
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Love after Love by Ingrid Persaud
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
People Person by Candice Carty-Williams