Barbados Books

10/12/2025

Ricky Ellcock will be signing his autobiography – Balls to Fly – on Saturday 13th December, at Brighton Market. It's the perfect Christmas gift for cricket fans or aviation enthusiasts.

Barbadian Ricky Ellcock had twin ambitions as a boy – to become a cricketer and fly airplanes.

In this hard-hitting and fascinating autobiography, Ricky tells the story of a Barbadian schoolboy who left his family and home behind to follow his sporting dreams. With a burgeoning reputation as one of the fastest bowlers in the land, Ellcock’s opportunity to play Test cricket for England was cruelly thwarted by injury. Plunged into depression and forced to pursue another career, a childhood interest in aviation was to be his salvation. Ellcock relocated to the USA and qualified as a commercial airline pilot, becoming the first black captain with Virgin Atlantic.

Balls to Fly is an extraordinary story of determination, endeavour and resilience.

Come and meet Ricky, and get your signed copy at Brighton Market on Saturday 13th December, at the Miller Publishing book stand.

30/10/2025

Meet Rachel & Drum Manley Drummond, authors of George the Last, and Dr. Lennox Honychurch, author of A Will to Deliver, for a book signing at on Saturday, November 1st, 6–10am

03/07/2025

Meet author Drum Manley at Brighton Farmers Market Barbados this Saturday, July 5th from 6am to 10am for a special signing of George the Last! 📚✨ Grab your copy for $65 and chat with one the author behind this captivating Caribbean tale. Don’t miss it!

02/05/2025

Taste the flavors of Barbados! Get your copy of Bajan Cooking in a Nutshell by Sally Miller — on sale tomorrow, Saturday May 3rd at the Brighton Farmer’s Market! 🇧🇧🍽️

26/03/2025

Join authors Rachel & Drum Manley for a book signing of George the Last! Catch them at Brighton Farmers Market Barbados on the 29th from 6am to 10am and Holders Farmer’s Market on the 30th from 9am to 12pm. Get your copy for $65!

15/01/2025

Brian Lara and Obama together in life and on the Best Sellers Shelf at

08/12/2023

Check out today's Nation newspaper which features Bjorn Bjerkhamn's new autobiography, Bajan Viking: The Story of My Life.
It's now on sale at Carter's General Store (Wildey), Cloisters, University Bookshop (UWI), Bridgetown Duty Free, On the Wall Gallery at Limegrove, Port St Charles reception, Archer's Hall Design Centre and more.
Buy online at www.barbadosbooks.com with international shipping available.

17/11/2023

Get a signed copy of Sean Carrington's Wild Plants of Barbados at Carter's General Store Wildey, this Saturday November 18th from 11 am to 1 pm.

Barbadians, visitors and all plant lovers will delight in using this long-awaited and completely revised guide to the flowering plants found in the wild in Barbados. Some 550 species are described, most with full colour photographs.

22/10/2021

Cecil Ince, co-founder of Foster & Ince Travel has spent a lifetime in the travel industry. From a boy in Trinidad watching bombers and fighters depart to join WWII to the first landing of the Concorde by British Airways, he explores the fascinating development of military and civil aviation within the Caribbean and beyond.

Visit our website to order now: https://www.barbadosbooks.com/product/from-flying-machines-to-the-supersonic-jet-age/

31/08/2021

It's here! The Ins & Outs of Barbados Calendar for 2022 is available for purchase on our website barbadosbooks.com

We ship to the US, UK and Canada with Fedex Express Shipping. Contact us for shipping rates to other countries.

17/08/2021

This Barbadian keepsake features the beautiful art of Jill Walker, reflecting her love for Barbados and its people. Order online at https://www.barbadosbooks.com/product/jill-walkers-barbados-journal/

13/08/2021

H is for HARP. The High Altitude Research Project was carried out in Barbados using conventional artillery to launch projectiles into space. The two guns were located at Paragon, Christ Church and their remnants are still there today.

For more interesting facts about Barbados take a sneak peak at The A to Z of Barbados Heritage. https://www.barbadosbooks.com/a-to-z/