Andrew Salkey's guest appearances

Andrew Salkey

Backlisted

The Essay

7vurgo

Jean Rhys

Philip Larkin

Jane Eyre

Seamus Heaney

Toni Morrison

Paul Robeson

Vladimir Nabokov

William Golding

Ray Bradbury

Sebastian Faulks

Michael Palin

Elif Shafak

Afua Hirsch

Colm Tóibín

Salman Rushdie

OwlTail

Our guests are both new to Backlisted: the legendary publisher, editor, writer Margaret Busby and the award-winning poet, Raymond Antrobus. They join us to discuss the work of the Caribbean writer, Andrew Salkey, in particular his 1960 Hampstead ‘bedsit novel’, Escape to An Autumn Pavement, and his epic poem Jamaica, which explores the historical foundations of Jamaican society and was first published in 1973 by the pioneering press, Bogle L’Ouverture. As you will discover, Salkey was a consummate live performer - as are both our guests – and the episode make a strong case for his work to be revisited. It also features Andy enjoying the graphic novel and memoir, All the Sad Songs by Summer Pierre, while John is blown away by Aftermath, Preti Taneja’s brave and uncompromising account of recovering from a public tragedy. Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length) 09:44 - All The Sad Songs by Summer Pierre. 15:36 - Aftermath by Preti Taneja. 22:16 - Escape to An Autumn Pavement &amp; Jamaica by Andrew Salkey * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at www.patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guests are both new to Backlisted: the legendary publisher, editor, writer Margaret Busby and the award-winning poet, Raymond Antrobus. They join us to discuss the work of the Caribbean writer, Andrew Salkey, in particular his 1960 Hampstead ‘bedsit novel’, Escape to An Autumn Pavement, and his epic poem Jamaica, which explores the historical foundations of Jamaican society and was first published in 1973 by the pioneering press, Bogle L’Ouverture. As you will discover, Salkey was a consummate live performer - as are both our guests – and the episode make a strong case for his work to be revisited. It also features Andy enjoying the graphic novel and memoir, All the Sad Songs by Summer Pierre, while John is blown away by Aftermath, Preti Taneja’s brave and uncompromising account of recovering from a public tragedy. Timings: (may differ due to variable advert length) 09:44 - All The Sad Songs by Summer Pierre. 15:36 - Aftermath by Preti Taneja. 22:16 - Escape to An Autumn Pavement &amp; Jamaica by Andrew Salkey * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at <a href="http://uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted</a> where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit <a href="http://www.backlisted.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.backlisted.fm</a> *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/backlisted" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/backlisted</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Escape to an Autumn Pavement and Jamaica by Andrew Salkey

Paul Mendez

Arriving in Britain as part of the Windrush Generation, Andrew Salkey made vital contributions to the BBC's Caribbean Voices programme as a presenter, writer and reader of others work. But author of Rainbow Milk, Paul Mendez, knew little about him before coming across a striking image of man at the centre of the mid-20th century's black literary scene. Here he draws on that picture, following Salkey's journey from reading the work of other authors on air, to penning his own forgotten queer classic, Escape to an Autumn.75 years ago, the revolutionary Caribbean Voices strand was established on the BBC's Overseas Service by trailblazing Jamaican broadcaster Una Marson. Every week for over a decade, it gave exposure on radio to emerging writers from the region such as Sam Selvon, Derek Walcott and VS Naipaul - many for the first time. Delving into the BBC's Written Archives, five writers go in search of five important figures who contributed to the programme throughout the 1940s and 50s, each of whom changed the literary landscape in a different way. The result is part archival treasure hunt, part cultural history and part personal reflection on the people behind a landmark institution.Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

Arriving in Britain as part of the Windrush Generation, Andrew Salkey made vital contributions to the BBC's Caribbean Voices programme as a presenter, writer and reader of others work. But author of Rainbow Milk, Paul Mendez, knew little about him before coming across a striking image of man at the centre of the mid-20th century's black literary scene. Here he draws on that picture, following Salkey's journey from reading the work of other authors on air, to penning his own forgotten queer classic, Escape to an Autumn. 75 years ago, the revolutionary Caribbean Voices strand was established on the BBC's Overseas Service by trailblazing Jamaican broadcaster Una Marson. Every week for over a decade, it gave exposure on radio to emerging writers from the region such as Sam Selvon, Derek Walcott and VS Naipaul - many for the first time. Delving into the BBC's Written Archives, five writers go in search of five important figures who contributed to the programme throughout the 1940s and 50s, each of whom changed the literary landscape in a different way. The result is part archival treasure hunt, part cultural history and part personal reflection on the people behind a landmark institution. Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

Paul Mendez on Andrew Salkey

Narrating the contents. Great stories from Guuyana, Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, etc.

West Indian Stories edited by Andrew Salkey