Tim Tim? Bwa Fik!

Yé Moun La ! Pour commencer 2024, je vous propose un épisode spécial qui s’intitule : autrice de romance noire ou autrice noire de romance? C’est un Space Twitter que j’ai enregistré le 26 novembre 2023 avec mon amie Isabel. Le but était d'énoncer quelques enjeux importants sur la romance noire en France : 

• comment définir l'autrice de romance noire
• l'absence de romance francophone 100% noire
• la recherche de reconnaissance auprès des maisons d'édition
• comment écrire de la romance caribéenne sans copier les États-Unis

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Yé Moun La! Welcome to episode 12. Breanne McIvor is from Trinidad and Tobago. Her debut novel "The God of Good Looks" was released in 2023. “The God of Good Looks” is a healing journey. It’s about intimacy and about love.

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Yé Moun La ! Pour commencer 2023, je vous propose un épisode spécial qui s’intitule : Black romance, romance noire, regards croisés sur la littérature sentimentale. C’est un Space Twitter que j’ai enregistré le 28 janvier 2023 avec mon amie Isabel. Le but était d’énoncer clairement quelques enjeux importants sur la romance noire en France : 

• la définition de ce genre littéraire lucratif
• les différences de représentation de l’amour dans la Black romance états-unienne et dans la romance noire française
• les différents obstacles à la visibilité des histoires d’amour avec des personnages exclusivement noirs 
• l’autoédition et le numérique pour promouvoir ces histoires comme c’est le cas aux Etats-Unis et en Afrique. 

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Yé Moun La ! Pour célébrer le premier anniversaire de "Tim Tim? Bwa Fik!", j'ai réalisé une série spéciale de 4 épisodes pour faire une mise à jour sur les projets des invitées de la saison 1. Pour l'ultime volet, je vous propose le premier épisode en français qui est une discussion avec l'autrice guadeloupéenne Tessa Naime. Notre échange porte  sur la représentation de la masculinité et de la féminité, sur la finalité de la littérature caribéenne, sur notre rapport au monde de l’édition, sur notre volonté d’affirmer notre identité guadeloupéenne et sur Maryse Condé. Bonne écoute !

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 5. Part 1. Today, we're in Antigua and Barbuda with award-winning author Rilzy Adams. In this first segment, we talk about how she started writing romance with Caribbean characters and the difference between her experience as an English-speaking Caribbean author and my French Caribbean experience.

Stay tuned for more. #2TimBF

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 4. Part 2 This is part  of my  discussion with author Joanne C. Hillhouse from Antigua and Barbuda.  She's the author of 7 books in various genres including "Dancing Nude in  The Moonlight" and "Musical Youth". In this segment, we talk about the importance of writing from our Afrocaribbean woman's perspective and not from the white gaze perspective, of showing Blackness in a positive way and the impact of her books on her audience.

Stay tuned for more. #2TimBF

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 4. This is part  of my discussion with author Joanne C. Hillhouse from Antigua and Barbuda. She's the author of 7 books in various genres including "Dancing Nude in The Moonlight" and "Musical Youth". In this first segment, we talk about how she was introduced to romance in her teens and how being from a colonized island still has an impact in the way we write love in the Caribbean.

Stay tuned for more. #2TimBF

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 3. This is part 2 of my discussion with author Callie Browning from Barbados.

We discuss her book “The Vanishing Girls” and how intentional she is about representing her culture in a multidimensional way. We also take a look at our definition of being a Caribbean indie author in this current economy and how she combines her creative mindset with a business mindset.

Stay tuned for more. #2TimBF

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 3. This is part 1 of my discussion with author Callie Browning from Barbados.

In this first part of our discussion, we talked about her approach to Caribbean literature growing up, why she doesn’t call herself a romance writer, her writing process to writing novels or short stories and what makes Caribbean romance unique.

Stay tuned for more. #2TimBF

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 2. This is part 2 of my discussion with author N.G Peltier. 

In this episode, you’ll hear her take on the discourse around Caribbean representation, queer representation and Caribbean men representation. We talked about the importance of solidarity among authors to build community power as well as her publishing journey. #2TimBF

Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 2. This is part 1 of my discussion with author N.G Peltier.

We talk about why she's okay with the "Caribbean romance author" title and the need to diversify Caribbean stories with Caribbean people within the region. 

Stay tuned for more. #2TimBF

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Tim Tim? Bwa Fik! Welcome to episode 1. This is part 2 of my discussion with author Eugenia O'Neal.

We talk about her book "Jamaica Dreaming", why and how to tackle social issues like colorism from a Caribbean perspective and her experience of publishing in the Caribbean. 

Stay tuned for more. #2TBF

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 Tim Tim? Bwa Fik!. Welcome to episode 1. This is the first part of my discussion with author Eugenia O'Neal.

We talk about her definition of Caribbean romance and  what we need to build a strong community of authors.

Stay tuned for more. #2TBF

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Do you know what "Tim Tim? Bwa Fik!" means? 

See you on 10/07/21. #2TBF

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Do you know what "Tim Tim? Bwa Fik!" means? Listen to what author Callie Browning has to say.

Stay tuned for more. #2TBF

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