The CARICON Book Club reads the Caribbean whole: English, Spanish, French and Dutch/Papiamento, island and diaspora. One book a month, read closely, discussed in good company.
This season crosses the Caribbean: Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Haiti and home to Jamaica, one book each first Thursday.
Chef's Table editions pair the month's book with the food of its island. December's is a Saturday at Normandy Gardens. Selections in translation are read in English, with the original welcome at the table.
Katrina hosts the CARICON Book Club every first Thursday, guiding the conversation through each month's selection as the club moves around the Caribbean's four linguistic traditions.
She sets the questions, keeps every voice in the room, and makes sure first-time readers and lifelong devotees of Caribbean literature leave the table with something new.
Books honored by the CARICON Prize join the club's permanent reading list. Start here if you are new to the canon.
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Trinidad & Tobago · Dominican Republic
The writers our members keep coming back to, sorted by the linguistic tradition of their island. Search by name, country or title.
Reading notes, discussion questions, and the stories behind each month's selection.
The blog opens with the season. The first posts appear here once they're published.
Free and open to all readers. Come having read the book, or come to hear why you should.
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Membership is free. Add the Signed Edition for an autographed copy of each month's selection, mailed to your door.