Lamming is a Bajan novelist, essayist and poet. This was his critically acclaimed debut novel. An autobiographical coming-of-age novel, set in the 1930s–'40s in Carrington Village, Barbados, where the author was born and raised, and follows the events in the life of a young boy named G, taking place against the background of dramatic changes in the society in which he lives.

In essence, a story of boy meets girl but complicated by the issues of race and class in Trinidad colonial society. Considered a classic of Caribbean literature.

Collection of poems by Mapanje about his despair at the political situation in his native country Malawi. Published in the UK and critically acclaimed around the world, it was withdrawn from circulation in Malawi in June 1985 by the government of dictator Hastings Banda. In September 1987, Jack was arrested and detained without charge or trial in Mikuyu Prison in Malawi. During his imprisonment, Of Chameleons and Gods won the Rotterdam Poetry International Award in 1988, and Jack was subsequently also awarded the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in 1990, recognising his fight for freedom of expression.

In the late 1940s and 1950s Chaplin pioneered a new kind of regional fiction dedicated to working-class experience. His finest achievements are usually considered to be his two Newcastle novels from the early 1960s, of which this is one.

This volume of poems by world renowned reggae artist and Johnson is a collection of his politically infused work. His poems ‘New Crass Massahkah’ and ‘Di Great Insohreckshan’, which both feature in this collection, were written in response to the Brixton riots, which took place 40 years ago this year.

Award winning epic poem is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad in a 20th Century Caribbean setting. The narrative shifts between Saint Lucia the former British colony where Walcott was born and raised, and Massachusetts, where Walcott lived at the time of writing. The poem uses postmodern techniques to explore the legacy of colonialism.