Episode 5 | BCLF Short Fiction Story Contest 2021 (Part 5) - Singing With the Orphans - Diana McCaulay (Jamaica)
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‘Singing With The Orphans' addresses longstanding hierarchies of class and race, and their colonial and postcolonial intersections, from inside the world of a Roman Catholic orphanage, run by Sister Abigail, and the home of wealthy white patrons, the Stirlings. Deftly told and expertly crafted, we were impressed by the layers of subtle meaning in the depiction of adolescent heroine, Patrice, who possesses a rebellious will to self-fashion for herself a future of her own.’ - Faizal Deen (judge)
Diana McCaulay is a Jamaican writer and environmental activist. She has received
many awards for her environmental work and was conferred with the Order of
Distinction (Officer Class) by the Jamaican government in 2016. She has written five
published novels, and numerous short stories and articles, often with an
environmental focus. Her most recent novel, Daylight Come, was published by
Peepal Tree Press in October 2020.
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