FIWEH • OUR HISTORY
Stories have been part of FiWEH from the beginning
FiWEH’s early pages brought together stories, music and Caribbean culture. The formats have changed over the years, but the connection between creative work and its audience has stayed with us.
The chapters of FiWEH
2001
Stories & community
Stories and community online
An archived FiWEH homepage from September 2001 shows Island Stories, poetry, music links and an email magazine. A row of Caribbean flags ran across the masthead, with community links and web search alongside the featured stories.
View the September 2001 homepage
2010–2011
Music & radio
Music discovery and radio
In August 2010, FiWEH announced J-Dung Radio, a Reggae and Soca service drawing on music submitted by the site’s members. By February 2011, the website brought together music charts, artist profiles, radio, video and music news.
View the February 2011 homepage
2017–2018
News & culture
Culture, news and entertainment
The PAPJAZZ festival’s press archive credits FiWEH among diaspora media covering the festival. A November 2018 snapshot shows FiWEH Life as a news and entertainment site, with music, lifestyle, reviews and video alongside its headlines.
Explore the PAPJAZZ press archive
View the November 2018 homepage
2020
The publishing chapter
A shift to books
In 2020, FiWEH shifted its focus to books, beginning the publishing chapter that shapes the site today.
Today
Books & web stories
Finding and reading stories
Our catalog brings books and web stories together with author pages and FiWEH Reader for eligible digital titles. We continue to improve how readers discover a story and return to it.
Explore the archive
These snapshots show FiWEH as it appeared at different points in its history. Some older images, audio and other features may not replay in the archive.
Thank you to everyone who has followed FiWEH through its different chapters, and to the readers discovering us now.
