Volcano Stories

Eighteen years into the eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, the Montserrat Volcano Observatory invited children and teenagers to submit stories with the theme “A Volcano’s Touch” for its annual creative writing competition.

The one-of-a-kind storybook features the 26 winning entries out of a Creative Writing Competition hosted by the MVO in 2013, where teenagers and children were invited to submit stories under the theme “A Volcano’s Touch”. Illustrated and brought to life with colourful artwork by various Caribbean artists, this book, suitable for both children and adults, takes the reader to fantastical worlds on volcanic adventures of all kinds, and also to explore Montserrat, the beautiful Caribbean island where so many lives have been touched and forever changed by a volcano.

Montserrat’s Soufrière Hills Volcano has been erupting since 1995, rendering more than half of the island uninhabitable, including the capital city Plymouth. Montserrat has managed to rebuild itself and adapt to living with an erupting volcano. “Volcano Stories” is the only book of its kind as it highlights living with the volcano and the process of adaptation from the unique and imaginative perspective of Montserratian children.

“Volcano Stories” has also received support from Montserrat’s Ministry of Education and is currently available for purchase at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory in Montserrat, select bookstores in Trinidad and online through Amazon. For further information please call the Montserrat Volcano Observatory or the UWI Seismic Research Centre.