We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is officially open! ✨ The 2023 prize is judged by Leila Aboulela (Fiction), Caleb (Poetry) and Aanchal Malhotra (Life Writing) and chaired by @DianaEvansOP 🌟 wasafiri.org/2023-queen-mar…

Cats napping in my new read…

Went to get glasses today… #aging

The scent of cedar is said to reduce stress and anxiety. I always enjoyed writing barefooted in a board house…

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Always exciting to see the craft gets noticed 🙌🏾 #CelebrateEveryWin

Go for it!

Black History Month & this advice from Toni Morrison: “Make up a story... tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul”.

Tried the taishu persimmon today. Not the usual garish orange but the sweetest—a reminder that we can’t only trust our eyes. #ConfirmationBias

DEBUT ALERT! It's official. 'The Devil's Horsewhip' out 15/5/2025 with Barbican Press. A startlingly fine novel-in-stories about Caribbean folklore, superstitions and legends surrounding death in all its permutations. Preorder links in bio. #debutauthor

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Our friends at Wasafiri are currently accepting entries for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize! Polish up your fiction, life writing, or poetry and submit now. Deadline 30 June 2025.  Learn more, and submit here: wasafiri.org/writing-prizes…

Welcome home! Author's copies are here. In 21 days you get to hold 'The Devil's Horsewhip' too. Barbican Press , the final cover is smashing! #grateful

It's publication month and we're outside! Countdown to pub day on 15.05.25 starts with 'The Devil's Horsewhip' in a blaze of May blossoms.

THE DEVIL'S HORSEWHIP IS OUT NOW!! 🐍👁️🌿 A Barbican First debut from Damion O. Spencer 🇯🇲. A startlingly fine novel-in-stories about Caribbean folklore, superstitions and legends around death. Available in paperback and eBook: 👉barbicanpress.com/book/the-devil… 👉amazon.co.uk/Devils-Horsewh…

New from Barbican Press 'The Devil's Horsewhip' by Damion O. Spencer 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 Who will cheat death a second time? available from Blackwell's Foyles Bookshop Hatchards and Waterstones 📖 sample to peek inside and share jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/e…

What a lovely feature from Bocas Lit Fest for my debut, The Devil's Horsewhip. Thanks for this wonderful Read Caribbean Month introduction... Mad love and respect 💜💜💜🙏🏽💜💜💜

Come through. Let's chop it up!

🔥 WHEN DEATH COMES KNOCKING TWICE! || Damion O. Spencer 🇯🇲 Damion O. Spencer 🇯🇲 Sharma Taylor 🎧 Watch and Listen : youtube.com/shorts/eqzC6VU… #DamionSpencer #JamaicanAuthors #Jamaica #CaribbeanFolklore #SupernaturalTales #Obeah #CaribbeanAuthors #TropicalLiteratureCreatives