Five Little Peppers Hassan al-Zein

Five Little Peppers Hassan al-ZeinWorking hard to survive in a harsh world, the Peppers still find joy and love in their little brown house until a chance encounter with a wealthy family changes their fortunes forever. When it was first published in 1881, Margaret Sidneys Five Little Peppers was an immediate bestseller. Its account of the five Pepper siblings adventures in the American Gilded Age attracted an army of young readers who clamoured for sequels well into the twentieth

Russel D McLean – Chandler Revisited

He flees to Jamaica but trouble follows him

the poem has no purpose but plenty of pioneer spirit

the boy’s discovery draws the attention of men of distinction across the globe – scientists

where he has been the Literary programmer of the Calabash International Literature Festival for the past ten years

Francis Harvey and Galway Kinnell

Drunk on power

who bond through shared experiences and rush into the romantic dream of marriage

working as chief translator at the Bank of Latvia

and some unpublished work

and mixed-race identity

an LGBTQ+ artist