{"product_id":"barbados-beyond-the-beach-a-showcase-of-barbadian-authors","title":"Barbados Beyond The Beach: A Showcase of Barbadian Authors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: Saturday 4th July \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoors Open: 6.30pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfrori Books is excited to be hosting \u003cstrong\u003eAndie Davis, Claudia Clarke, and Cherie Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e – authors of a Barbadian new wave, with work that celebrates, interrogates, challenges, and satirises Barbadian culture and the world beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Clarke - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClaudia Clarke is an avid reader who has made good on a childhood promise to herself to write a book. \u003ci\u003eCircleSquare\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut collection of short stories published in 2023, won a Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award. An attorney-at-law, Claudia is a member of \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e Romantic Novelists’ Association’s (UK) New Writers’ Scheme. She is currently working on a collection of short stories about Barbadian women in midlife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndie Davies -\u003c\/strong\u003e Born in Montserrat, Andie Davis grew up in Barbados and later moved with her family to \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e United States. Her debut novel, LET ME LIBERATE YOU, was published in 2024 by Little A. Her short stories have been published in \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e Caribbean Writer, Delmarva Review, and o\u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003er publications, while her essays have appeared in Ghana Web and Business Daily Africa. She has been awarded a 2026 Hedgebrook residency. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCherie Jones - \u003c\/strong\u003eCherie Jones is a Barbadian novelist and short story writer whose short fiction credits include Reflex Fiction, \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e Feminist Wire, PANK, Eclectica, and BBC Radio 4. She is a former fellowship awardee of \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e Vermont Studio Centre and \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e International Writers Programme of \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e University of Iowa. Her first novel HOW \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eTHE\u003c\/span\u003e ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE was shortlisted for \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2021, \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e OCM BOCAS Prize in 2022 and \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e Internationel Literaturpreis Prize in 2023 and was translated into French and German. \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e French translation of her novel won \u003cspan class=\"zm-highlight-text_disabled\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e Prix Carbet des lycéens 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Afrori Books LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55544252924280,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0409\/6671\/7600\/files\/offthepage.png?v=1777637612","url":"https:\/\/afroribooks.co.uk\/products\/barbados-beyond-the-beach-a-showcase-of-barbadian-authors","provider":"Afrori Books LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}