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6 Min Read JINGHONG, China (Reuters) - In the border district of Xishuangbanna in southwest China’s Yunnan province, the global pandemic has put residents of the small ethnic minority village of Mandian under pressure to change old habits. A child walks towards a nature protection zone at Mandian village in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, January 29, 2021. Picture taken January 29, 2021. REUTERS/David Stanway u000d Behind a traditional homestead with a small garden of medicinal herbs and a veranda lined with beehives, a sign posted on the edge of the forest...

2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature: T&T writers dominate longlist Writers with roots in five different Caribbean territories have been longlisted for the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media, owner of the Express newspapers, TV6, and the OCM radio network. The 2021 NGC Bocas Lit Fest which runs from Friday 23 – Sunday 25 April will take place online. The OCM Bocas prize, now in its eleventh year, is internationally considered the leading literary award for Caribbean writers. The Prize recognises books in three genre categories — poetr...

“Where else would you find Trinidadian street food in the same volume as an appraisal of Thom Gunn's poetry, or Dylan Thomas rubbing shoulders with soca?”

Article by Social Share Port Of Spain – Writers from  five Caribbean territories have been long-listed for the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, sponsored by One Caribbean Media (OCM). The OCM Bocas prize, now in its eleventh year, is internationally considered the leading literary award for Caribbean writers. The Prize recognises books in three genres — poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction — published by authors of Caribbean birth or citizenship in the preceding year. Of the nine books long-listed for the 2021 Prize, five are by writers born in Trinidad and To...

THE latest in a series of podcasts from Opera North and the University of Leeds finds two of Yorkshire’s most acclaimed artists, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and composer Gavin Bryars, in expansive conversation about their respective art forms, and what happens when they are brought together. Armitage, who is Poetry Professor at the University of Leeds, charts his lifelong love of music, from performances at his local village hall in his childhood, through a “rock star fantasist” period, to a current commission, a new translation of the Ravel opera L’enfant et les sortilèges for ...