Better Known

Diana McCaulay

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Diana McCaulay discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Diana McCaulay is a Jamaican environmental activist and the award-winning author of five novels. Winner of the Gold Musgrave Medal, Jamaica’s highest award for lifetime achievement across the arts and sciences; twice Winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Caribbean region (in 2022 and in 2012), she has also been shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award, among other nominations, and is the winner of the Watson, Little 50 Prize for unrepresented writers aged 50+. Her new novel is A House For Miss Pauline, available at https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/diana-mccaulay/a-house-for-miss-pauline/9780349704265/.

  1. What a healthy coral reef looks like https://simonmustoe.blog/what-does-healthy-coral-reef-look-like/
  2. The Legacies of British Slave ownership project https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
  3. The Taino artefacts in the British Museum https://www.artoftheancestors.com/blog/taino-arts-british-museum
  4. That the Caribbean is not just a playground for tourists ht tps://www.tiharasmith.com/blogs/behind-the-brand/the-caribbean
  5. Jamaica's south coast https://www.visitjamaica.com/listing/treasure-beach/474/
  6. How long ago scientists warned of the impacts of putting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore/blog/who-discovered-greenhouse-effect

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