Location: Barbados
Member Since:
Oct. 24, 2011
Shakirah Bourne
Biography
Shakirah Bourne is a Barbadian writer, editor and filmmaker. She has won several awards for her stories,including the UNICEF Award for short fiction that best represents the rights of a child, and the Barbados Manufacturer's Award for short fiction that best represents Bajan culture. She is a lover of good food and white-sand beaches, where she unearths some of her most delicious stories. She believes that most ailments can be cured by sleeping on the beach at least twice a week.
She has been published in several literary journals, including POUI, Arts Etc, The Caribbean Writer and Journal of Caribbean Literatures.
She is also the writer of feature film, PAYDAY, which has been screened at festivals and cinemas regionally and internationally.
She has been published in several literary journals, including POUI, Arts Etc, The Caribbean Writer and Journal of Caribbean Literatures.
She is also the writer of feature film, PAYDAY, which has been screened at festivals and cinemas regionally and internationally.
Where to find Shakirah Bourne online
Website: http://shakirahbourne.com
Twitter: @shakirahwrites
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=54712497&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Twitter: @shakirahwrites
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=54712497&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Books
Senseisha: Memoirs of the Caribbean Woman (Edited by Shakirah Bourne & Juliette Maughan)
by Shakirah Bourne
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 41,660.
Language:
English.
Published: August 10, 2017
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Sex & Relationships » Women's sexuality
Senseisha is a collection of truly intimate, non-fiction stories written by Caribbean women. From a girl’s first period to the elation of a first orgasm, Senseisha takes us on a journey of love, lust, pain and pleasure, and the ongoing internal conflict between love for God, and love for sex.
In Time of Need
by Shakirah Bourne
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 33,400.
Language:
English.
Published: December 1, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Literary collections » Caribbean & Latin American
A collection of award-winning Barbadian stories that showcase the controversial and often hidden aspects of the supposed Caribbean paradise. The themes of love and relationships, domestic and emotional abuse, politics in the rum shop, sex tourism and human trafficking and more, are narrated in a satirical and humorous style, often through the voices of innocent and naïve characters.