Brian Franklin

Born and raised in Barbados, Brian Franklin has been passionate about telling tall tales since before he could hold a pencil. He's honed his skills through various workshops (for example: Callaloo, Bocas, National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Frank Collymore Literary Endowment (FCLE)) and through acting on the feedback from his writing groups. He loves fiction that explores the space between current events and the near future and those that pull on myth to tell inspiring human stories.





His short fiction can be found at Peepal Tree Press, Masters Review and Arts Etc. His unpublished novel, STEAL THE FISH FROM THE DEVIL’S COU-COU, won the Central Bank of Barbados’ 28th Annual Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award in Barbados in January 2026. He is seeking to have it published.





Currently, Brian is working on a historical fiction that centres an overlooked Barbarian hero, and on a young adult science fiction set in the aftermath of a worldwide climate-related disaster.