Nothing is ordinary or predictable in Brian Samuel’s autobiography Song for My Father. With the exception of Phil Knight’s memoir Shoe Dog, I can’t recall any book I’ve read in this genre that is so laugh-aloud funny. But Samuel’s story is one up on Knight’s for its ability to tackle serious, uncomfortable topics through humour.
Our warmest congratulations to Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, who won the award for the NGC Bocas Lit Fest’s outstanding Caribbean book of the past year for her first novel When We Were Birds. T&T Loop News reports: For the second time in a row, a debut writer from Trinidad and Tobago has won the award for…
Here is an announcement from the 2023 NGC Bocas Lit Fest team letting us know that this annual literary festival’s events running from Friday, April 28 to Sunday, April 30 will be available via livestream. See full program at www.bocaslitfest.com. The NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, returns this weekend, with a programme…
Life writing – in books ranging from memoirs to family histories – is set to be a major focus at this year’s NGC Bocas Lit Fest, with readings and discussions featuring a fascinating line-up of Trinidad and Tobago authors. A rapidly growing, popular genre with locally-based writers, life writing records real-life personal and community stories.
Ira Mathur (Trinidad and Tobago Guardian) speaks to Ingrid Persaud about her literary “voice” and her work in the BBC-commissioned More Chronicles of Burke Street. After decades of being brainwashed to believe only ‘the Queen’s English’ was acceptable, Trinidad and Tobago’s writers (along with writers in our region) are finding their own voice and being…