About the project
Pepperpot: Best new Stories from the Caribbean consists of the strongest entries from the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. It is the first publication from Peekash Press, a joint imprint of Caribbean literature by Akashic Books (USA) and Peepal Tree Press (UK), which grew out of Commonwealth Writers’ CaribLit initiative.
With a preface by Jamaican writer Olive Senior, Pepperpot features short fiction by: Sharon Millar (Trinidad & Tobago); Dwight Thompson (Jamaica); Kevin Baldeosingh, (Trinidad & Tobago); Ivory Kelly (Belize); Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad & Tobago); Sharon Leach (Jamaica); Joanne C. Hillhouse (Antigua & Barbuda); Ezekel Alan (Jamaica); Heather Barker (Barbados); Janice Lynn Mather (Bahamas); Kimmisha Thomas (Jamaica); Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago); Garfield Ellis (Jamaica).
Published in partnership with Peekash Press, Pepperpot is available from Peepal Tree Press and Akashic Books.
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