Please join us for the launch of
THE DEVIL’S HORSEWHIP
by Damion Spencer
5:00PM-7:00PM
31st MAY 2025
A Barbican First debut
“An imaginative debut collection.”
– Sharma Taylor
“Damion Spencer is a voice to look out for”
– Irenosen Okojie
Synopsis
The Devil’s Horsewhip is a startlingly fine novel-in-stories about Caribbean folklore, superstitions and legends surrounding death in all its permutations by a writer whose prose judges at Wasafiri have described as vivid and with a spectacular voice.
Other Writing
‘Bunka Bat and Sour Orange’,
The Caribbean Writer –
Volume 35 • 2021,
pp. 335-344
‘Death Comes in Threes’,
Shortlisted for
Queen Mary Wasafiri
New Writing Prize 2021
‘Bull Buck and Duppy Conqueror’,
The Caribbean Writer –
Volume 37• 2023,
pp. 76-82
Damion Spencer (b. 1983) is an educator and adult fiction author who is originally from St. Mary, Jamaica, and now lives in Tokyo, Japan. He is a University of the West Indies graduate and holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Hull.