The Unstoppable Yes You Podcast features real-life stories of people of Caribbean heritage to inspire and give hope to the next generation. Each season, we will focus on different topics that celebrate our fierceness, resilience, and achievements.
All content for Unstoppable Yes You is the property of Curlis Phillip and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
The Unstoppable Yes You Podcast features real-life stories of people of Caribbean heritage to inspire and give hope to the next generation. Each season, we will focus on different topics that celebrate our fierceness, resilience, and achievements.
Scholastic Novelist Shakirah Bourne on Embracing Her Dialect
Unstoppable Yes You
30 minutes
3 years ago
Scholastic Novelist Shakirah Bourne on Embracing Her Dialect
Shakirah Bourne is an award-winning author and filmmaker based in Barbados. Her novel, a Caribbean middle-grade fantasy, Josephine Against The Sea, was published by Scholastic, a multinational publishing and media company, as part of a three-book deal. It also won the School Library Journal Best Book of 2021 Award.
In this episode, Shakirah talks with host Curlis Phillip about the authors who influenced her work, her inspiration for the Caribbean folklore Josephine Against The Sea, and how publishing her first novel influenced her writing process including embracing her Bajan dialect.
Listen and share with book lovers and aspiring authors.
Unstoppable Yes You
The Unstoppable Yes You Podcast features real-life stories of people of Caribbean heritage to inspire and give hope to the next generation. Each season, we will focus on different topics that celebrate our fierceness, resilience, and achievements.
