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Monique Roffey was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and lives in London. She is the author of seven novels and a memoir. The Mermaid of Black Conch won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. Her other highly acclaimed books include Archipelago, which won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes. In addition to her work as an environmental activist, she is a professor of contemporary fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Passiontide is a bold rallying cry of a novel. Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it -- SARAH WINMAN, author of Still Life Monique Roffey is a unique talent -- BERNARDINE EVARISTO Passiontide has scale, politics and power – a thrilling read, I loved it -- SADIE JONES, author of The Outcast Set on the fictional Caribbean island of St Colibri, Monique Roffey’s Passiontide is an extraordinary exploration of the magical possibilities of collective action, and pulsates with the rebel spirit of women. Activists, sex-workers and obeah women occupy the pages of this brilliantly told narrative of struggle and uprising – which is also a subtle and shape-shifting call to arms -- HANNAH LOWE, Costa Book of the Year-winning author of The Kids A dream of feminist resistance rises, beguiling in its possibility. Meanwhile, the maelstrom of daily Caribbean life swirls [within this novel]: grief, corruption, outrage, violence, excitement, friendship, love -- CLAIRE ADAM, author of Golden Child The best book I have read in years. It’s so wonderful: so rich, inspiring, funny, moving. A true chronicle of hope, in sisterhood, community, faith and men The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing. A powerful and electrifying novel -- JASON ALLEN-PAISANT, author of Self-Portrait as Othello Monique Roffey is a trailblazer of Caribbean literature, and I will read anything she writes. Passiontide is a reckoning, a protest, and a prayer… Even as Passiontide captures the pain-laced lives of our women, the book still holds hope in its heart. Maybe, through our shared courage, we can change -- BREANNE MC IVOR, author of The God of Good Looks A raging, searing protest cry… A heartfelt novel filled with solidarity, love, joy and unflinching honesty -- COURTTIA NEWLAND, author of A River Called Time This is a badass novel for a feminist generation -- GABRIELLE HOSEIN
