Description
The House of Never by Jamaican author Stephanie Koathes presents an excerpt from a novel in progress. Selected as a Bocas Breakthrough Fellow, Koathes began her forthcoming novel during her fellowship term, which included mentoring by Karen Lord, author of The Blue, Beautiful World.
The Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships were awarded in 2024 to five early-career Caribbean writers, to support them in advancing or completing a debut book of fiction or poetry, The fellows were Heather barker of Barbados, Stephanie Koathes and Rhea Manley of Jamaica, and June Aming and Amílcar Peter Sanatan of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships are funded by Creative Caribbean, a joint project implemented by UNESCO, the CARICOM Secretariat and The University of the West Indies (UWI), with funding from the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, under the ACP-EU 11th EDP Culture Programme. Creative Caribbean brings together to achieve shared goals and initiatives for the advancement of the Caribbean as a cultural and creative space and economic player.