Books by Austin Clarke

A collection of poems by Gillian Clarke. Carcanet have also published her "Selected Poems" (1985), "Letting in the Rumour" (1989), and "The King of Britain's Daughter" (1993).

With a style similar to prose poetry and characters verging on larger-than-life, Jan Carew's short stories are filled with folklore, legend, and a keen sense of humanity. In total, the collection creates a vivid image of life in the tiny South American countries that make up the Guyanas.

Gathers poetic works by Austin Clarke, Patrick Kavanagh, Denis Devlin, Richard Murphy, Thomas Kinsella, John Montague, and Seamus Heaney.

At the news of her son BJ's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison collapses in her basement apartment and for four days and nights retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment as the reader learns of her life as a Caribbean immigrant whose husband leaves her. 40,000 first printing.

A collection of short stories portrays the experiences of members of the West Indian community in Toronto.

A Carribean memoir that is part cookbook and part family history blends lyrical, evocative writing with engaging descriptions of how to cook the dishes of Barbados.

When Mary-Mathilda, one of the most respected women of the island of Bimshire (also known as Barbados) calls the police to confess to a crime, the result is a shattering all-night vigil that brings together elements of the island's African past and the tragic legacy of colonialism in one epic sweep.

Set in the West Indies in the period following World War II, The Polished Hoe -- an Essence bestseller and a Washington Post Book World Most Worthy Book of 2003 -- unravels over the course of twenty-four hours but spans the collective experience of a society characterized by slavery.

By the Giller Prize-winning author of The Polished Hoe
A finalist for the Governor General’s Award


When a man and a woman meet on a summer day, they begin a conversation that will change both their lives. As their words weave a web of intimacy, the man finds himself drawn into recollections of his childhood on an island in the Caribbean, and to reflections on his life in Toronto. But who is she, this woman he meets at a party? What is behind her dark secrets? What can anyone know about another – really? As their relationship hurtles forward, he gradually finds himself part of a strange triangle of affections, until events escalate, leading to the novel’s dramatic final scenes. The Question is a brilliant, devastating foray into the mysterious and highly charged realm of relationships and colliding cultures.