Category: Trinidad and Tobago
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LOATAD Announces Black Atlantic Residency Fellows 2026
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) announced the fellows selected for its 2026 Black Atlantic Residency on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. Founded in 2023 by Sylvia Arthur, LOATAD is a private library, archive, museum, and writing residency dedicated to the works of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century onward.…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
Kodi-Anne Brown and Brandon Mc Ivor won at the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2025 on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and…
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Book Digest: Celeste Mohammed, Muthi Nhlema, Yurieth Romero, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Celeste Mohammed, Muthi Nhlema, Yurieth Romero, Maika Moulite, and Maritza Moulite. Ever Since We Small by Celeste Mohammed Publisher: Jacaranda BooksDate: April 17, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Jacaranda Books, Celeste Mohammed Celeste Mohammed Celeste Mohammed has been a lawyer since 2001, but she has…
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Myriam J.A. Chancy wins OCM Bocas Prize 2025
Myriam J.A. Chancy’s novel Village Weavers won the OCM Bocas Prize 2025 at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three…
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OCM Bocas Prize 2025 finalists announced
Anthony Vahni Capildeo, Myriam J.A. Chancy, and Dionne Brand won in their categories at the OCM Bocas Prize 2025 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Sunday, April 6, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed…
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Bocas Lit Fest 2025 starts May 1.
The Bocas Lit Fest 2025, with the theme “Always coming home”, returns to Port of Spain for its fifteenth edition from May 1 – 4, 2025. The Bocas Lit Fest is a literary festival that takes place annually in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Inaugurated in 2011, it is the first major literary…
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OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist was announced in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, March 16, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry, fiction…
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Trinidad author and academic Elizabeth Nunez has passed away
Trinidad and Tobago-born USA-based author and academic Elizabeth Nunez passed away in New York, USA on Monday, November 11, 2024. Elizabeth Nunez, born in Cocorite, Trinidad, on February 18, 1944, began writing as early as nine years of age and won the first-place prize for the “Tiny Tots” writing contest in the Trinidad Guardian. She…
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Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora Black Atlantic Residency 2025 winners were announced in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) is a private library, archive, writing residency, and museum dedicated to the work of African and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century…
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Stefan Bindley-Taylor, Diana McCaulay win Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Awards 2024
Stefan Bindley-Taylor and Diana McCaulay won the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 on Sunday, September 1, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories,…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories, workshops,…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced
The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories, workshops,…
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Kevin Jared Hosein wins Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024
Kevin Jared Hosein’s novel Hungry Ghosts won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2024 in Melrose, UK on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction is a British literary award created by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose ancestors were closely linked to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, generally…
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R.S.A Garcia is a Nebula Awards 2024 winner
R.S.A Garcia won in the short story category at the Nebula Awards 2024 in Pasadena, USA on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The Nebula Awards, recognising the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States, were first held in 1966. They are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers…
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Reena, Portia Subran win Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024
Reena (Africa) and Portia Subran (Caribbean) won in their regions at the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English in the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Each of…