NOTHING’S MAT
AN EXCITING FICTIONAL FAMILY HISTORY TOLD BY A BLACK BRITSH TEENAGER
IN THE EARLY 1950s
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Erna Brodber is an award-winning novelist and independent scholar. In her most recent book, Nothing’s Mat,
Brodber has woven a fascinating tale of a black British teenager who returns to Jamaica to find her heritage in
order to complete a school assignment. The teenager is given the project to write a long paper on the West
Indian family instead of sitting an exam.
“This story becomes in effect an illuminating ethnographic study, while always remaining a convincing work of
fiction that never becomes an academic treatise or in any respect tendentious. It is carried along by a deft
command of style, structure and tone.” – Edward Baugh
Brodber’s writing style is accessible and she engages the reader early in the book with a surprising humour
that is compelling and fascinating. This book will appeal to all persons interested in anglophone Caribbean
literature, literary scholars, social scientists, historians and the general reading public.
Nothing’s Mat is written by Erna Brodber and published by the University of the West Indies Press and is now
available. The launch for Nothing’s Mat is being organized by the University of the West Indies Press in
association with the Department of Literatures in English and the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and
Economic Studies. The launch will be on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the Multifunctional Room, Mona Library,
University of the West Indies, Mona, at 6:30 p.m.
If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, book signing or author tour
with Erna Brodber, please call Donna Muirhead, Marketing and Sales Manager, UWI Press at 876-702-4081/2,
876-977-2659 or email [email protected].