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Coco Island

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Coco Island is an integrous first collection from the Jamaican poet and novelist Christine Roseeta Walker, exploring the bittersweet effects of a postcolonial world.
Christine Roseeta Walker is a Jamaican poet and novelist living on the outskirts of Manchester, England. She studied Creative Writing at The University of Salford and the University of Manchester. Her debut novel, The Grass is Weeping, is a revenge tragedy set in Jamaica. She also works as a commissioned poet with an archaeologist working in the Peat District, and she spends her time writing and organising poetry reading workshops in care homes for people living with dementia.
• First collection of flash fiction style poetry from a Jamaican poet and novelist, exploring the bittersweet effects of a postcolonial world • Her poetry has featured on RTÉ Radio 1 and has appeared in PN Review, Wild Court, The Tangerine Magazine, Bath Magg and the Carcanet anthology New Poetries VIII • Paints a vivid picture of life in Negril, Jamaica, capturing the town’s vibrant atmosphere and cultural richness • ‘Coco Island’ draws inspiration from a small, uninhabited island in the Negril Sea • Collection inspired by the island’s cautionary tales: unexplained sightings of mermaids, the disappearance of fishing mates, and the historical battles between pirates and soldiers, whose tormented souls are said to be bonded to the Island
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