2T Reads

'They don't like the sound of my voice, but come let us sing, anyway.' - Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os(The Toad Woman) Of all the short story...

It's that time of year again, August is #jamaicasliteraryheritage on our blog and our Bookstagram. This month we will be reading all...

"...I am a but a mere mortal, and it is startling how easy it is for mortals to be cruel when they are afraid"- Sartoris 🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚...

These stories are short, punchy, raw; wrapped and written richly in the slang that permeates Martins' Brazil, the people and experiences...

"...He is a piece in a great game, brought here for a purpose..." - Adran 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 A sweeping epic following two brothers and their...

Talia Hibbert has again given us a sweet, funny, sexy and engaging story, with two main characters who are hilarious! This book was...

'The Girl with the Hazel Eyes' is a novel that at it's core is a parallel commentary about the coming of age of a young woman, Susan...

This collection of short stories by Roxane Gay examines the lives of Haitian characters living in Haiti and the U.S. Their struggles to...

Another short story collection for #readcaribbean. This collection from Breanne McIvor was an enjoyable read, the stories were divided...

-She had no map of her future, but she knew who she was. She would not be diminished because of it- Viveka. This is a story of finding,...

..it's not want of tongue that cows don't talk - Granny Ivy. In Edgell's Beka Lamb, we are introduced to Beka, a precocious, mendacious...

'Antigua is beautiful. Antigua is too beautiful. Sometimes the beauty of it seems unreal. Sometimes the beauty of it seems as if it were...

-Not everyone should reproduce- Edgar. This is a sentiment that is mentioned at least twice throughout this read, and I have to say, I...

There is nothing more rewarding, soothing, or engrossing as being able to sink within a story that so aptly and vividly captures the...

Dionne Brand brings dissertaional excavation to the novelistic landscape. -This is the way power works—it wants both power and...

In My Grandmother's Erotic Folktales by Robert Antoni, the island of Corpus Christi comes to life for young Johnny as his grandma...

In the month of June, which is recognized as Caribbean Heritage Month, Cindy from @bookofcinz on Instagram, has created a great...

HOOKED FROM THE VERY FIRST STORY!!! With each story read, the ingenuity, strength, beauty, struggles, and mistreatment that women endure...

Mawenzi House is a small indie publisher in Toronto, dedicated to bringing diverse and marginalized voices in literature to the world. We...