Category: Trinidad and Tobago
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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 were announced on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Here are the African and Caribbean writers in the running. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction in English in the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean, and…
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 shortlists announced.
Safiya Sinclair, Nicole Sealey, and Kevin Jared Hosein are the shortlisted writers of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 announced in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, April 7, 2024. 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 NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2024 for April.
The NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2024, Trinidad and Tobago’s leading literary festival, runs in Port of Spain from April 25 – 28, 2024. The NGC Bocas Lit Fest is a literary festival that takes place annually during the last weekend of April in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Inaugurated in 2011, it is…
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Wole Talabi, R.S.A Garcia are Nebula Awards 2024 finalists
Wole Talabi andR.S.A Garcia are finalists for the Nebula Awards 2024 were announced on Thursday. March 14, 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 of America, a…
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 longlists announced.
The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 longlists were announced in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, March 10, 2024. 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…
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Book Digest: Jesmyn Ward Kwame Dawes Noo Saro-Wiwa, Sarah Dass
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Jesmyn Ward, Kwame Dawes, Noo Saro-Wiwa, and Sarah Dass. When the Vibe Is Right Novel by Sarah Dass Publisher: Balzer + BrayDate: May 30, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Click here. Sarah Dass Sarah Dass was born…
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Alexandra C. Stewart wins NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award 2023
Alexandra C. Stewart won the NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award 2023 at the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, October 21, 2023. The NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award, created by the Bocas Lit Fest and sponsored by the National Gas Company, identifies and celebrates young writers in Trinidad and Tobago across a broad…
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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo wins Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2023.
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s novel When We Were Birds was declared the winner of the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2023 on Thursday, September 28, 2023. The Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, founded in 2017, is for a novel written in English and published the previous year in the UK. It is awarded annually to a…
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American Book Awards 2023 winners announced.
The winners of the American Book Awards 2023 were announced on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The American Book Awards, from the Before Columbus Foundation, were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. The purpose of…
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Translations: Meja Mwangi, Resoketswe Manenzhe, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, Leila Mottley
Translations for books by Meja Mwangi, Resoketswe Manenzhe, Leila Mottley, and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo are available for your reading pleasure. Kasim, Der Moniker by Meja Mwangi Book: Kasim, Der MonikerOriginal Title: Kasim the ComedianAuthor: Meja MwangiTranslator: Jutta HimmelreichPublisher: Peter Hammer VerlagPublishing Date: March 6, 2023Language: English to GermanWhere to Find it: Peter Hammer Verlag, Amazon.…
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Trinidad and Tobago author Michael Anthony has passed away
Trinidad and Tobago author Michael Anthony passed away in Port of Spain on Thursday, August 24, 2023. Michael Anthony was born in the county of Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago, on February 10, 1930, and was educated on the Caribbean Island. In 1954, he moved to England where he held several jobs, including as a sub-editor…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 finalists announced.
The finalists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s literary awards were named on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations about Caribbean identity…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 shortlists announced.
The shortlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s literary awards were named on Monday, August 14, 2023. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations about Caribbean identity…
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Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize 2023 was announced on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York, USA, since 2006. It…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival awards 2023 longlists announced.
The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s literary awards were named on Monday, July 31, 2023. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations about Caribbean identity…