Peggy Carr

Carr was born in Saint Vincent around 1955.^[1] She grew up in a small rural village and, though her mother worked in the city, she lived on a farm with her grandparents. She began writing poetry at a young age.^[2]

As a journalist, Carr worked as an officer for the Agency for Public Information, formerly the Government Information Service, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.^[3] After visiting Taiwan several times, she moved there in 2000. She has worked in news media there, including as an editor at the Central News Agency.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

In addition to her work as a journalist, Carr served as an unofficial envoy from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Taiwan for many years, before an embassy was formally opened in 2019.^[9][10][11] Her efforts included helping Vincentian students in Taiwan adjust to the local culture.^[12] After the embassy opened, Carr was named a cultural ambassador of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in late 2019.^[5][13]

Carr's poetry has been published in several anthologies including Creation Fire: A CAFRA Anthology of Caribbean Women's Poetry, Caribbean Poetry Now, and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse in 2005. Her first solo collection, Echoes from a Lonely Nightwatch, was published in 1989, followed by Fresh Tracks in an Ancient Land in 1996 and Honey and Lime in 2006.^[1][2][14]

Her first novel, Shape of a Warrior, a work of young adult historical fiction, was published in October 2020 by the Dominica-based Emmanuel Publishing House.^[5][15]

Carr primarily writes in English, but her book Honey and Lime also contains a section in Vincentian Creole.^[5][14]

In 2014, her poem "Flight of the Firstborn" was chosen by BBC Radio Scotland to represent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in its "Poetry Postcards" series.^[2]

• Echoes from a Lonely Nightwatch (1989)
• Fresh Tracks in an Ancient Land (1996)
• Honey and Lime (2006)