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Catch up or listen on-demand with the best of Radio Bimshire - the Voice of the Barbados National Library Service (https://bit.ly/radiobimshire). Radio Bimshire Presents is a selection of short stories, poetry, history, rare audio clips and humour - the sound of Barbadian heritage. Featuring: This Barbadian Life: real voices, true stories, only in Barbados; Off The Shelf: Readings of Barbadian writing; Reparations Revealed; Standpipe: Memories of Wash Day; Sounds of Freedom: Stories of Emancipation... and much more.
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- Today1h 42m
Highlights: The Timothy Callender Memorial Short Story Prize
Relive the inaugural Timothy Callender Memorial Short Story Prize — the climax of the National Library Service's Patriotic Pen competition — in this highlights programme recorded live at the Daphne Joseph-Hackett Theatre, Queen's Park, Bridgetown, on Saturday November 7, 2026. The evening drew 67 entries from writers across Barbados. Host Julius Gittens guides you through a night of stories, tribute and prizes: recorded tributes to Timothy Callender (1946–1989), the master storyteller of It So Happen and How Music Came to the Ainchan People, with reflections from his daughter, Nayo Callender; dramatised readings of the three prize-winning stories by acclaimed actors Tony Thompson and Jennifer Walker; and performances from former Junior Calypso Monarch Bit Bit, veteran jazz guitarist Mike Sealy and star pannist Terry "Mexican" Arthur.The winners: third place, Carlson R. Spooner-Pascal, for A Leap of Faith; second place, Romario Phillips, for Observation Work; and the winner, Teta Flumo-McIntosh, for Talk Does Sell Bread — including an interview with the winner about the grandmothers and village life behind her story.Chief Judge and Poet Laureate Esther Phillips, reveals how the judges reached their verdicts, and there's a special presentation to the Poet Laureate for her service to literary Barbados.Listen out for the short-listed stories, soon on Radio Bimshire and watch the full-length video of the ceremony, featuring speeches by the Director of the National Library Service Jennifer Yarde and Pan African Affairs and Heritage Minister Trevor Prescod, and a special dance performance by the Haynesville Youth Club.
- Yesterday18 min
This Barbadian Life - 16 - "Fallen but not forgotten"
A woman selling fruit. A 15-year-old baker. Women carrying the wounded to hospital. Behind the names on a memorial are lives that helped shape Barbados.In this episode of This Barbadian Life, Julius Gittens introduces "Fallen But Not Forgotten", a feature by Shayla Murrell with historian Dr Henderson Carter. Through the stories commemorated at Golden Square Freedom Park, we revisit the 1937 workers’ rebellion and look beyond Clement Payne to the ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary moment.From hawker Adina Rock to the women who took to the streets, this is a story of resistance, loss and remembrance — and the people whose sacrifices belong at the centre of our national story.BGIS Radio encore produced by Shayla Murrell
- 1 weeks ago16 min
This Barbadian Life - 15 - "Journey to Tuk"
A penny whistle, a change of breath and a musical journey around the world. In this episode of This Barbadian Life, musician Karl “Froggy” Smith recalls how a workshop in 1987 unlocked his passion for **tuk** — and set him on a path from Barbados’s hotel stages to international festivals.In Journey to Tuk, producer Shayla Murrell meets the Pompasetters Tuk Band musician to explore his life in music, the tradition’s roots in resistance and the blend of African rhythms and European marching-band sounds that shaped it.This is also a call to celebrate what is ours. After years of taking tuk overseas, Froggy asks a searching question: are we giving our own music the welcome, support and opportunities it deserves at home? BGIS Radio encore, produced by Shayla Murrell
- 1 weeks ago16 min
This Barbadian Life - 14 - "The records show"
What happens when the family history you know meets the history somebody wrote down?In The Records Show, Shayla Murrell speaks with chief archivist Ingrid Thompson about the discoveries waiting in the Department of Archives. From birth and marriage registers to records of Barbadians who travelled to Panama, these documents reveal family connections, challenge old assumptions and sometimes bring strangers together — including two researchers who discovered they shared a great-grandfather.Thompson shares discoveries from her own family tree, explains where to begin tracing your Barbadian roots and discusses the work of preserving the island’s documentary heritage for future generations.Originally produced for BGIS RadioProducer: Shayla Murrell
- 3 weeks ago19 min
This Barbadian Life - 13 - "Duppy Trails and Tours"
You set out expecting a fright. You come back thinking about the people behind the stories.In this episode of This Barbadian Life, Julius Gittens introduces an encore of Duppy Trails and Tours, with Shayla Murrell and Jamal Weekes joining the Barbados Museum and Historical Society for a night-time journey through Barbadian folklore and memory with tour guide Klebere Perry.From the mysterious moving coffins of the Chase Vault to the disturbing story behind “Milly Gone to Brazil”, the tour explores where ghost stories meet human tragedy. At Newton burial ground, the journey takes a reflective turn, honouring the lives of enslaved people and the ancestors whose stories deserve more than a passing mention.An exploration of duppies, cultural memory and the ways we remember our dead.Originally produced for the Barbados Government Information Service in partnership with the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Producer: Shayla Murrell
- 4 weeks ago18 min
Writing the Short Story - "A Surprise for Agnes"
What makes a short story come alive on radio? In this concluding episode of Writing the Short Story, Radio Bimshire explores Timothy Callender’s A Surprise for Agnes, a tale of family expectations, religious respectability and a revelation that changes everything.Following our episode on Dorothy Lovell’s The Shoe, we turn to Callender’s craft to explore gripping openings, distinctive voices, vivid settings and endings that stay with the listener. Through excerpts read by Alfred Pragnell, discover how dialogue, nation language, pacing and shifting perspectives build character and suspense—without giving away the surprise.Presented by Julius Gittens, with practical writing tips from English teacher Jennifer St. Louis, this episode invites you to move from listener to storyteller and write your own original story rooted in the Barbadian experience.Produced by Radio Bimshire, the voice of the National Library Service, in celebration of the Patriotic Pen series and the Timothy Callender Memorial Short Story Prize. Dedicated to Alfred Pragnell.
- Oct 4, 202615 min
Writing the Short Story - “The Shoe”
“The Shoe” by Dorothy Lovell is the subject of Writing the Short Story , the first of two programmes exploring how powerful fiction can be shaped in just a few pages.Using Lovell’s 1967 Barbadian short story as its guide, the programme breaks down the essentials of memorable short fiction: an arresting opening, a vivid sense of place, believable characters, a focused conflict, strong narrative voice and an ending that resonates. Discover how a seemingly ordinary object — a discarded shoe — can become the centre of suspense, superstition and village tension.This episode is for aspiring writers, students, readers and anyone inspired by Barbadian storytelling. The first of the National Library Service's *Patriotic Pen* series of awards honours the best short story writing with the Timothy Callender Memorial Short Story Prize to be awarded on November 7, 2026. Produced and presented by Julius GittensReader Alfred PragnellWriter's tips by Jennifer St Louis
- Sep 28, 202625 min
The Lessons Between The Songs - Gabby and Sparrow
The Lessons Between the Songs is an extraordinary intimate portrait of two masters of the art of kaiso - in tribute to Trinidad and Tobago’s Mighty Sparrow, Gabby offers memories and rare insights in an impromptu conversation, recorded in December 2025. Slinger Francisco - the Mighty Sparrow - died peacefully in New York on Sunday, September 27, 2026 surrounded by his family, aged 91. Produced with John Downes, Amour Chandler, Lamar Nicholls and Adrian Archer. Produced and presented by Julius Gittens in a special memorial to the Calypso King of the World.
About Radio Bimshire Presents
Catch up or listen on-demand with the best of Radio Bimshire - the Voice of the Barbados National Library Service (https://bit.ly/radiobimshire). Radio Bimshire Presents is a selection of short stories, poetry, history, rare audio clips and humour - the sound of Barbadian heritage. Featuring: This Barbadian Life: real voices, true stories, only in Barbados; Off The Shelf: Readings of Barbadian writing; Reparations Revealed; Standpipe: Memories of Wash Day; Sounds of Freedom: Stories of Emancipation... and much more.
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