The Butterfly Hotel Seema Atalla

The Butterfly Hotel Seema AtallaRoger Robinson recently came to the attention of UK audiences in the Bloodaxe anthology Ten, hailed by Carol Ann Duffy as a joyful and important moment in publishing. The Butterfly Hotel is his first full collection of poetry, a telling document of the immigrant experience, from the 1980s to the present day, and the realities of uprooted culture. Butterflies hold a symbolic importance throughout, fragile yet ideal, adapting to survive. Roger Robinson

dancehall fights and dry cash hid behind dressers by dead bachelors

novelist and poet

The Ballerina

He grew up in Ladytown

was published by Planet in 2008

Stanley Greaves is without question one of the Caribbean’s most distinguished artists and this critical monograph is both a long overdue investigation and appreciation of his work and an important contribution to the still small body of Caribbean writing about art

Red Groove is a different kind of jazz book

and I don’t want to get married and not even to an Englishman

Samir el-Youssef: The Hill of Gypsies and other stories by Said al-Kafrawi

into pieces

" - Manifold

Among those vividly recalled in this book are Bud Powell