Janice Shinebourne and Beryl Gilroy with Susheila Nasta

Synopsis: Janice Shinebourne and Beryl Gilroy are each interviewed separately. Janice Shinebourne discusses her Guyanese background, the influence of the landscape, social conditions, her family on her writing - and the attitudes in Guyana to the first Caribbean writers. Much time is devoted to a detailed discussion of her first novel ‘Timepiece’. Beryl Gilroy talks about her experiences as a black teacher in London schools and the function of literature in the education of children from a variety of cultural backgrounds. She also discusses her novel ‘Frangipani House’.
Series: Writers in Conversation, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.
Year of production: 1986
Availability: Sale
Uses: General audiences and students of Caribbean literature.*
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: Fiction in English; Gilroy, Beryl; Guyana; Latin American writers; Shinebourne, Janice; writers - black writers

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