Press
Esther Phillips in the press.
Interviews, profiles and appearances featuring Esther Phillips, Barbados’ first Poet Laureate, for journalists, programmers and hosts.
These pieces are about Esther Phillips and her work. They are not reviews of the film.
News and features
The Guardian
Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement
June 23, 2025 · Interview and profile (opens in a new tab)
TIME
Inside Barbados’ Historic Push for Slavery Reparations
July 6, 2023 · Feature (opens in a new tab)
The World (PRX)
Reparations are ‘fueling the spirit of republicanism’ in Barbados, poet laureate says
November 30, 2021 · Interview (opens in a new tab)
BIM Magazine
Lyrical reverie on legacy, testimony and hope is at the heart of Esther Phillips’ Witness in Stone
Review (opens in a new tab)
ArtsEtc Barbados
Esther Phillips: Vast Interiors
November 18, 2018 · Profile (opens in a new tab)
Profiles and institutions
Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Barbados’ Poet Laureate Takes Centre Stage At UN
March 26, 2026 · Government news (opens in a new tab)
SOAS University of London
SOAS welcomes the First Poet Laureate of Barbados this summer as Visiting Fellow
August 7, 2023 · University news (opens in a new tab)
City St George’s, University of London
In conversation with Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados
May 2023 · University interview (opens in a new tab)
Peepal Tree Press
Esther Phillips
Publisher’s author page (opens in a new tab)
Poetry International
Esther Phillips – Barbados
Poet profile (opens in a new tab)
Audio, video and events
BBC World Service · The Documentary
We the people are Barbados
Radio documentary (opens in a new tab)
BBC Radio Scotland · Poetry Postcards
Barbados: Esther Phillips
Audio (opens in a new tab)
UN Web TV
Esther Phillips (Poet Laureate of Barbados) on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
Video (opens in a new tab)
UN Web TV
Poetry as Resistance: Remembering Slavery, Demanding Justice
Video conversation (opens in a new tab)
ONCA
Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados: Plantation
Event (opens in a new tab)
SOAS University of London
Esther Phillips, Poet Laureate of Barbados
Event (opens in a new tab)
Media inquiries
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