Author Jo-Annah Richards
The Ill Concepts of The Caribbean Woman book has passed the first stage of the prestigious Commonwealth Book Prize Award, established in 1987 and it awards writers across the Commonwealth countries.
The book is a first, written by London based Montserratian born Jo-Annah Richards. She received the good news in an email message which said: “The Ill Concepts of The Caribbean Woman has made it through the first stage of the judging process for the Commonwealth Book Prize for best first book published in 2011.”
The shortlist will be announced in May 2012 and the award will take place in June 2012. The winner within each region, i.e. Africa, Canada and the Caribbean, Europe and South Asia and South East Asia and South Pacific receives £2 500 and the overall winner £10 000.
The Ill Concepts of The Caribbean Woman has been on sale and is available here in Montserrat. It was launched in Montserrat at the Literary Festival in November last year.
