Le Grand prix de l’Académie française, the French Academy’s Grand Prize for Novel, was awarded yesterday (Thursday, October 30, 2025) to Yanick Lahens for her novel Passagères de nuit (Éditions Sabine Wespieser, 2025). The book, which fictionalizes the Haitian writer’s family history, was praised by Libération, Le Figaro, and other news outlets. Our warmest congratulations to […]| Repeating Islands
Exploraciones fragmentadas. Antología del cuento dominicano del siglo XXI [Fragmented Explorations: An Anthology of 21st-Century Dominican Short Stories], edited by Rita De Maeseneer and Miguel D. Mena, was published by Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza (PUZ) this year (2025). The collection includes short stories by Rey E. Andújar, Kianny Antigua, Aurora Arias, Frank Báez, […]| Repeating Islands
“I decided to write how the Greeks wrote, as if Yorubaland were the whole world,” the artist told Hyperallergic in a conversation about her new book. Nereya Otieno interviews (for Hyperallergic) artist Harmonia Rosales, who identifies as Afro-Cuban. The artist was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Cuban-born Giraldo Rosales and Jamaican-Jewish illustrator Melodye Benson Rosales. Here are […]| Repeating Islands
Here’s an exciting new book by U.S. born, Afro-Caribbean fine artist Harmonia Rosales! Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic was published earlier this month by W. W. Norton & Company. Kirkus Reviews describe it as “A lavish, eye-catching rethinking of ages-old stories.” Description: From the acclaimed fine artist Harmonia Rosales, a sweeping retelling of African […]| Repeating Islands
The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) team announced today that St. Lucian-born Catherine-Esther Cowie is now on the shortlist for the 2025 T. S. Eliot Prize for her debut collection, Heirloom (Carcanet Press, 2025). The Shortlist Readings will take place on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at 7:00pm at the Southbank Centre, in London, followed by the Award Ceremony on Monday, January 19, 2026. Here is the announcement by BCLF.| Repeating Islands
