SONIA FARMER is a writer and visual artist who uses the artform of bookmaking and its allied crafts to expand Caribbean narratives. She is the founder of Poinciana Paper Press, a centre for Writing, Book Arts, & Publishing, located in Nassau, The Bahamas. Her company is dedicated to showcasing the diversity of narratives in Caribbean art and literature through workshops, residencies, outreach, and publishing projects. Her poetry has won the 2011 Prize in the Small Axe Literary Competition, been shortlisted for the 2020 Montreal International Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Her artists’ books have been regionally and internationally exhibited and have also received accolades, including the 2019 Holle Award for Excellence in Book Arts. She holds a BFA in Writing from Pratt Institute and an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa.
