"All art at its core is about love."

This week we sat down with Bajan author and writer, Cherie Jones, whose novel 'How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House' has taken Barbados, the U.K. and the world by storm.

In this episode we hear about her writing process, inspirations, and why she doesn't have a sequel in her immediate plans. Brands seeking storytelling guidance will get tips on the inspiration process and why you don't have to worry about copycats - your story is unique to you!

About our guest

Cherie Jones is a Barbadian novelist and short story writer whose short fiction credits include Reflex Fiction, The Feminist Wire, PANK, Eclectica, and BBC Radio 4. She is a former fellowship awardee of the Vermont Studio Centre and the International Writers Programme of the University of Iowa. She is an alum of the MA Writing Programme at Sheffield Hallam University where she was awarded the Archie Markham Award and the AM Heath Prize and completed her PhD at the University of Exeter where her research centred on the poetics of violence against women in contemporary Anglo-Caribbean literature. Her first novel ‘How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House’ was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2021, the OCM BOCAS Prize in 2022 and the Internationel Literaturpreis Prize in 2023 and was translated into French and German. The French translation of her novel won the Prix Carbet des lycéens 2023.

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